Shloka 67
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
Devanagari script
अभवत् तुमुलः शब्दो योधानां तत्र भारत
Transliteration
abhavat tumulaḥ śabdo yodhānāṁ tatra bhārata
Translation
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—โอ ภารตะ! ณ ที่นั้นได้บังเกิดเสียงอื้ออึงกึกก้องอย่างมหันต์ท่ามกลางเหล่านักรบ
Word by Word
अभवत्was/occurred
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular
तुमुलःtumultuous, loud
तुमुलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootतुमुल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शब्दःsound, noise
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
योधानाम्of the warriors
योधानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootयोध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)W
warriors (yodhāḥ)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
The verse underscores the moral and psychological weight of war: collective violence generates an overpowering clamor that signals heightened aggression and confusion, reminding the listener that battle is not merely strategy but a human storm with grave ethical consequences.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at that moment on the battlefield, the fighters’ combined cries and noises swelled into a great tumult—an atmospheric marker of intense engagement and escalating combat.