Shloka 9

Devanagari script

विस््रस्तयन्त्रकवचा: कांदिग्भूता विचेतस: । अन्योन्यमवमृदनन्तो वीक्षमाणा भयार्दिता:,उनके यन्त्र और कवच गिर गये थे। वे अचेत होकर यह भी नहीं सोच पाते थे कि हम भागकर किस दिशामें जायँ? एक-दूसरेको कुचलते और चारों ओर देखते हुए भयसे पीड़ित हो गये थे

Transliteration

visrastayantrakavacāḥ kāndigbhūtā vicetasaḥ | anyonyamavamṛdnanto vīkṣamāṇā bhayārditāḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Их боевые приспособления и доспехи слетели с них. Обезумев и растерявшись, они не могли даже решить, в какую сторону бежать. В панике они давили друг друга, озираясь по сторонам, и были подавлены страхом.

Word by Word

विस्रस्त-यन्त्र-कवचाःwhose machines/weapons and armours had fallen off

कांदिग्भूताःbewildered about the directions (not knowing which way)

विचेतसःsenseless, unconscious

अन्योन्यम्one another (mutually)

अवमृदनन्तःtrampling/crushing (others)

वीक्षमाणाःlooking around

भय-आर्दिताःafflicted by fear

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

yantra (war equipment)

kavaca (armor)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fear and confusion in war strip people of judgment and restraint; when inner composure collapses, even basic orientation and humane conduct fail, leading to mutual harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes warriors in extreme panic: their equipment and armor have fallen off, they are disoriented about where to run, and in their frantic flight they trample one another while scanning all directions in fear.