Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.75.2 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 75, Shloka 2

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

शोकसम्मूढहृदयो दुःखेनाभिपरिप्लुत: । मज्जमान इवागाधे विपुले शोकसागरे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śoka-sammūḍha-hṛdayo duḥkhenābhipariplutaḥ | majjamāna ivāgādhe vipule śoka-sāgare ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่พระราชา! ดวงใจของเขาถูกความโศกครอบงำ ถูกความทุกข์ท่วมท้น ราวกับกำลังจมลงในมหาสมุทรแห่งความคร่ำครวญอันกว้างใหญ่และหยั่งไม่ถึง

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Word by Word

• शोकसम्मूढहृदयः: whose heart is bewildered by grief
• शोकसम्मूढहृदयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोकसम्मूढहृदय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुःखेन: by sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिपरिप्लुतः: completely overwhelmed/engulfed
• अभिपरिप्लुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-परि-√प्लु (प्लवते)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मज्जमानः: sinking
• मज्जमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मज्ज् (मज्जति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अगाधे: in (something) unfathomable/deep
• अगाधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगाध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विपुले: in vast
• विपुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शोकसागरे: in the ocean of grief
• शोकसागरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोकसागर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'O King')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how grief can overwhelm discernment: when one is engulfed by sorrow, the mind becomes confused and feels as if it is drowning. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such turmoil often follows from prior choices and the inexorable momentum of vows and consequences in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a person (contextually, a key warrior-king) becoming suddenly overcome with grief and distress, portrayed through the metaphor of sinking in a vast ocean of sorrow, as events on the battlefield and their repercussions press upon him.