Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अस्मानन्तकरान्‌ घोरान्‌ पाण्डवान्‌ वृष्णिसंहतान्‌ । आक्रोशन्त्य: कृशा दीना: प्रपतिष्यन्ति भूतले,हम घोर विनाशकारी पाण्डवों और वृष्णिवंशियोंको कोसती हुई वे दीन-दुर्बल अबलाएँ पृथ्वीपर पछाड़ खा-खाकर गिरेंगी

Transliteration

asmān antakarān ghorān pāṇḍavān vṛṣṇisaṃhatān | ākrośantyaḥ kṛśā dīnāḥ prapatiṣyanti bhūtale ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Habang isinusumpa nila kami—ang mga Pāṇḍava na kakila-kilabot at tagapagdala ng kamatayan—kasama ang mga Vṛṣṇi, ang mga babaeng iyon, payat at abang-aba, ay paulit-ulit na babagsak sa lupa.”

Word by Word

अस्मान्us

अन्तकरान्death-causing, bringing the end

घोरान्terrible

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

वृष्णिसंहतान्accompanied by/with the Vrishnis; joined with the Vrishni clan

आक्रोशन्त्यःcrying out at, cursing

कृशाःemaciated, thin

दीनाःwretched, miserable

प्रपतिष्यन्तिwill fall down

भूतलेon the ground, on the earth's surface

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas

Vṛṣṇis

women (unnamed)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of mass violence: even a righteous victory can generate immense suffering, social collapse, and moral blame. It urges sensitivity to the grief of innocents and reflection on responsibility and the long shadow of destructive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira foresees (or recalls) the lament of bereaved women who, devastated by the slaughter, curse the Pāṇḍavas and the Vṛṣṇis as agents of ruin, and in their weakness repeatedly fall to the ground in grief.