Shloka 76
Devanagari script
ततस्तेन निनादेन प्रत्यबुद्धयन्त धन्विन: । शिबिरे पाण्डवेयानां शतशो5थ सहस्रश:
Transliteration
tatastena ninādena pratyabuddhyanta dhanvinaḥ | śibire pāṇḍaveyānāṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
Translation
ਤਦ ਉਸ ਘੋਰ ਨਿਨਾਦ ਨਾਲ ਚੌਂਕ ਕੇ ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਵਿਰ ਵਿਚ ਧਨੁਰਧਰ ਯੋਧੇ ਸੈਂਕੜਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਗ ਉੱਠੇ।
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
तेनby that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formपुं/नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन
निनादेनby the roar/sound
निनादेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिनाद
Formपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन
प्रत्यबुद्धयन्तawoke, became awake
प्रत्यबुद्धयन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-बुध्
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
धन्विनःarchers, bowmen
धन्विनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधन्विन्
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
शिबिरेin the camp
शिबिरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशिबिर
Formनपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन
पाण्डवेयानाम्of the Pandavas' (men)
पाण्डवेयानाम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपाण्डवेय
Formपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds
शतशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस्
Formअव्यय
अथand then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
Formअव्यय
सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
Formअव्यय
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pāṇḍava camp (śibira)P
Pāṇḍavas’ warriors (pāṇḍaveyāḥ)A
Archers (dhanvinaḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vigilance as a basic warrior-duty and shows how violence disrupts even the protected space of a camp. Ethically, it underscores the fragility of safety in war and the responsibility to remain alert, especially during vulnerable moments like sleep.
A loud uproar breaks out, and as a result the archers in the Pāṇḍava camp awaken in large numbers—hundreds and thousands—indicating a sudden alarm and rapid mobilization amid a nighttime crisis.