Shloka 34
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
Devanagari script
सर्वमाविग्नमभवतन्न प्राज्ञायत किड्चन
Transliteration
sarvam āvignam abhavat tan na prājñāyata kiñcana
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच—सर्वमाविग्नमभवत्, न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन; रणधूम्रविवरे विवेकः प्रनष्टः, निश्चयोऽपि कलुषे कोलाहले विलीनः।
Word by Word
सर्वम्everything; wholly
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
आविग्नम्unhindered; undisturbed
आविग्नम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआविग्न
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अभवत्was; became
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्राज्ञायतwas known; was perceived
प्राज्ञायत:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)
किञ्चनanything; something (here: anything at all)
किञ्चन:
Karma
TypePronoun/Indefinite
Rootकिञ्चन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the chaos of violent conflict, clarity and reliable knowledge can collapse; ethical judgment becomes difficult when events are obscured by fear, speed, and disorder.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the battlefield situation has become so tumultuous that no one can clearly determine what is happening—an atmosphere of total confusion prevails.