Shloka 96

Devanagari script

अद्य शोणितसम्मग्नं शयानं पतितं भुवि

Transliteration

adya śoṇita-sammagnaṃ śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—अद्य स शोणितसम्मग्नः पतितो भुवि शयानः।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: Avyaya (temporal adverb)

• शोणितसम्मग्नम्: sunk/immersed in blood
• शोणितसम्मग्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणितसम्मग्न
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• शयानम्: lying
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शयत् (शे/शीङ् धातोः वर्तमानकृदन्तः)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular (present participle)

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (पत् धातोः भूतकृदन्तः)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular (past participle)

• भुवि: on the ground; on the earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिकम्: भुव्/भूमि)
• Form: Feminine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• earth (bhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dehumanizing finality of warfare: regardless of status, a warrior can end as a blood-soaked body on the ground. It implicitly warns against adharma-driven conflict and points to the ethical weight of choices that lead to such ends.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the immediate aftermath of a violent encounter: someone has been struck down and now lies on the battlefield, immersed in blood, fallen upon the earth.