Shloka 61

Devanagari script

न संवारयितुं शक्ता तव सेना जनाधिप । मदमूर्च्छान्वितात्मा वै प्रमदेवाध्वनि स्थिता,जनेश्वर! आपकी सेना भीमसेनके भयसे व्याकुल और धूृष्टद्युम्नके बाणोंसे मोहित हो रही थी। अतः आक्रमण करनेवाले अभिमन्यु आदि महाधनुर्धर वीरोंको वह रोकनेमें समर्थ न हो सकी। मद और मूच्छाके वशीभूत हुई मतवाली स्त्रीकी भाँति वह मार्गमें चुपचाप खड़ी रही

Transliteration

na saṃvārayituṃ śaktā tava senā janādhipa | mada-mūrcchānvita-ātmā vai pramadevādhvani sthitā ||

Translation

اے جنادھپ! آپ کی فوج انہیں روکنے کے قابل نہ رہی؛ نشے اور غشی میں ڈوبی ہوئی وہ راہ میں ایک بے خبر عورت کی طرح ساکت کھڑی رہ گئی۔

Word by Word

नnot

संवारयितुम्to restrain/hold back

शक्ताःable/capable

तवof you/your

सेनाarmy

जनाधिपO lord of men/king

मदby intoxication/pride

मूर्च्छाby stupor/faintness

अन्वितात्माwhose self is possessed/overcome (by)

वैindeed

प्रमदाa woman

इवlike/as

अध्वनिon the road/path

स्थिताstood/was standing

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Janādhipa (addressed king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Kaurava army (tava senā)

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?

An army (or any collective) collapses in effectiveness when overcome by ‘mada’ (reckless arrogance/intoxication) and ‘mūrcchā’ (stupor/confusion). The ethical implication is that leadership and dharma in conflict require steadiness, alertness, and self-control; without these, strength becomes useless.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that the Kaurava host could not restrain the advancing fighters. The army, mentally overwhelmed, stood inert in the path—likened to a stupefied, heedless woman—signaling a breakdown of order and resistance at that moment in the battle.