Shloka 102
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
Devanagari script
विप्रणष्टाश्ष॒ तेडन्योन्यं नाजानन्त तथा विभो
Transliteration
vipraṇaṣṭāś ca te ’nyonyaṁ na jānanti tathā vibho
Translation
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ang mga taong iyon, nalugmok sa ganap na pagkalito, ay hindi na nagkakakilala sa isa’t isa, O makapangyarihan.”
Word by Word
विप्रणष्टाःlost, bewildered, confounded
विप्रणष्टाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविप्रणष्ट (वि + प्र + √नश्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अन्योन्यम्one another
अन्योन्यम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अजानन्knew / recognized
अजानन्:
TypeVerb
Root√ज्ञा
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
विभोO mighty one / O lord
विभो:
TypeNoun
Rootविभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaV
vibhu (addressed listener, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra)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
War’s moral collapse culminates in mental and social disintegration: when violence and fear dominate, even basic human recognition and solidarity break down.
Sañjaya reports that amid the turmoil of the night-time slaughter, the fighters are so bewildered that they cannot identify even their own side and fail to recognize one another.