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Shloka 67

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

द्रुपदस्य च पुत्राणां पौत्राणां सुहदामपि । चकार कदनं घोरें दृष्टवा दृष्टवा महाबल:

drupadasya ca putrāṇāṁ pautrāṇāṁ suhṛdām api | cakāra kadanaṁ ghoraṁ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā mahābalaḥ ||

Sañjaya nói: Thấy họ hết lần này đến lần khác, dũng sĩ đại lực ấy đã gây nên một cuộc tàn sát ghê rợn—đối với các con trai của Drupada, các cháu của ông, và cả những bằng hữu của họ nữa.

द्रुपदस्यof Drupada
द्रुपदस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुपद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुत्राणाम्of (his) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पौत्राणाम्of grandsons
पौत्राणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपौत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सुहदाम्of friends/allies
सुहदाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
चकारdid/made
चकार:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
कदनम्slaughter/ruin
कदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकदन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen (again and again)
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)
महाबलःthe mighty one
महाबलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
द्रुपद (Drupada)
द्रुपदस्य पुत्राः (sons of Drupada)
द्रुपदस्य पौत्राः (grandsons of Drupada)
सुहृदः (friends/allies)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how unrestrained rage in war leads to indiscriminate killing—extending beyond primary foes to their kin and companions—signaling a fall from dharma into adharma and intensifying the moral tragedy of the conflict.

Sañjaya reports that a mighty warrior, after repeatedly spotting targets in the camp, commits a horrific massacre, cutting down Drupada’s sons, grandsons, and their associates—part of the Sauptika episode’s night-time carnage.