Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततोडन्तरिक्षे देवाश्न गन्धर्वाश्ष सहस्रश:

Transliteration

tato 'ntarikṣe devāś ca gandharvāś ca sahasraśaḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် ကောင်းကင်၌ နတ်များနှင့် ဂန္ဓဗ္ဗများသည် ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာကာ ထိုခဏကို သက်သေခံကြသည်။ ထိုကြောင့် စစ်မြေပြင်ပေါ်က အဖြစ်အပျက်များကို အထက်မြင့်သော သတ္တဝါများက ကြည့်ရှု၍ စိစစ်နေကြသကဲ့သို့ ခံစားချက်ကို ပိုမိုမြှင့်တင်하였다။

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्-अर्थे)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गन्धर्वाः: the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/परिमाणार्थे)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Antariksha (the sky)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that human actions—especially in war—are not merely private or political; they stand under a wider moral and cosmic gaze, implying accountability beyond immediate victory or defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that multitudes of celestial beings—gods and Gandharvas—are present in the sky, suggesting a heightened, portentous moment on the battlefield.