Shloka 38

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

एवं चित्रमभूद्‌ युद्ध तस्य तैः सह भारत

Transliteration

evaṃ citram abhūd yuddhaṃ tasya taiḥ saha bhārata

Translation

ହେ ଭାରତ, ଏହିପରି ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ତାହାର ଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟଜନକ ଓ ବିଚିତ୍ର ହୋଇଉଠିଲା।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• चित्रम्: wonderful, strange
• चित्रम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युद्धम्: battle, war
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/it
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तैः: by/with those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the same event—war—can be framed as ‘marvelous’ due to extraordinary prowess and dramatic turns, even while it remains ethically grave. It prompts readers to notice the narrative allure of heroism and to weigh it against the dharmic cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, summarizes that the fighting involving ‘him’ and ‘them’ unfolded in an astonishing manner—serving as a transition or emphasis after describing striking combat episodes.