Shloka 35
Devanagari script
नैवान्तरिक्षं न दिशो नापि योधा: समन्तत:
Transliteration
naivāntarikṣaṃ na diśo nāpi yodhāḥ samantataḥ
Translation
ทั้งท้องฟ้า ทั้งทิศทั้งหลาย และแม้แต่นักรบโดยรอบก็แลไม่ชัดเจน ทุกสิ่งราวถูกกลืนหายไปในความอลหม่านแห่งศึก.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अन्तरिक्षम्the sky/space
अन्तरिक्षम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दिशःdirections/quarters
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
योधाःwarriors/fighters
योधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोध
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
समन्ततःon all sides/everywhere
समन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaA
antarikṣa (sky/atmosphere)D
diś (directions/quarters)Y
yodhāḥ (warriors)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 how war overwhelms clarity: when violence peaks, even basic orientation—sky, directions, and the presence of others—becomes indistinct. Ethically, it hints at the dehumanizing fog of conflict, where discernment (viveka) is easily lost.
Sanjaya, narrating the Kurukṣetra battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, depicts a moment of extreme tumult in which the battlefield is so filled with dust, noise, and motion that neither the sky nor the directions nor the surrounding warriors can be properly perceived.