Shloka 616

Devanagari script

भारती भरतश्रेष्ठ सेना कृपणदर्शना । “भरतश्रेष्ठ खूनसे लथपथ हुई कौरव-सेना, जहाँकी खेती नष्ट हो गयी है उस भूमिके समान अत्यन्त दयनीय दिखायी देती है

Transliteration

bhāratī bharataśreṣṭha senā kṛpaṇadarśanā |

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O pinakamainam sa mga Bharata, ang hukbong Kaurava ay lubhang kahabag-habag—balot ng dugo—na wari’y lupang winasak ang pagsasaka.”

Word by Word

• भारती: Bhāratī (O descendant of Bharata / O Bhārata)
• भारती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपणदर्शना: having a pitiable appearance
• कृपणदर्शना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण-दर्शन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'bharataśreṣṭha')
• Kaurava army

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and human cost of war: even a mighty army becomes a pitiable sight when violence reduces it to bloodied ruin, reminding the listener of the destructive consequences of adharma-driven conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces, battered in battle, look miserable and blood-smeared—likened to farmland whose crops and cultivation have been devastated.