Shloka 55

Devanagari script

पंचालानां च वार्ष्णेय समुद्रान्तां विचिन्चताम्‌

Transliteration

pañcālānāṃ ca vārṣṇeya samudrāntāṃ vicincatām

Translation

वार्ष्णेय, ते पाञ्चालानां देशान् समुद्रान्तान् यावत् विचिन्वन्तो विचरन्ति स्म॥

Word by Word

• पञ्चालानाम्: of the Panchalas
• पञ्चालानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वार्ष्णेय: O Vārṣṇeya (descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समुद्रान्ताम्: up to the sea as its limit / sea-bounded (land)
• समुद्रान्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्रान्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विचिन्चताम्: let them search/investigate
• विचिन्चताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चित्
• Form: Present (Imperative), Third, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pañcālas
• Samudra (the ocean)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line emphasizes the relentless, wide-ranging pursuit undertaken in wartime—searching without restraint across an entire region. Ethically, it highlights how conflict expands its reach, drawing whole lands and peoples into exhaustive operations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the addressed listener (calling him ‘Vārṣṇeya’) that the searchers combed through the Pañcāla territory, extending their search all the way to the sea-coast.