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Shloka 383

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

उत्थायोत्थाय हि यथा देहिनामिन्द्रियर्विंभो । भारत! उनका जन द्रौपदीपुत्रोंके साथ ऐसा विचित्र युद्ध होने लगा

sañjaya uvāca | utthāyotthāya hi yathā dehinām indriyair vīrya-bho | bhārata! unakā jana draupadī-putraiḥ sārdhaṃ evaṃ vicitra-yuddhaṃ bhavitum ārabdhaṃ, yathā bāraṃbāraṃ utthāya utthāya viṣayān prati pravṛttaiḥ indriyaiḥ saha dehadhāriṇāṃ yuddhaṃ satataṃ vartate |

Sañjaya nói: Hỡi Bhārata, một cuộc giao tranh kỳ lạ và dai dẳng đã bùng lên giữa những chiến binh ấy và các con trai của Draupadī—như cuộc chiến nội tâm không dứt của kẻ mang thân xác, khi các giác quan hết lần này đến lần khác trỗi dậy, lao về đối tượng của chúng, buộc bản ngã phải đối đầu mãi mãi.

उत्थायhaving risen / rising up
उत्थाय:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
उत्थायagain having risen
उत्थाय:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
देहिनाम्of embodied beings
देहिनाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
इन्द्रियैःwith the senses
इन्द्रियैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
विम्भोO mighty one (address)
विम्भो:
TypeNoun
Rootविम्भ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भारतO Bharata (address)
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
D
Draupadī
D
Draupadī-putrāḥ (sons of Draupadī)
I
indriyāṇi (the senses)
V
viṣayāḥ (sense-objects)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses battlefield imagery to teach that the most persistent struggle is internal: the embodied person must repeatedly restrain the senses that surge toward their objects. Ethical steadiness (self-mastery) is portrayed as a continuous effort, not a one-time victory.

Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra how a peculiar, intense fight breaks out involving the sons of Draupadī. He characterizes the combat as recurring and hard to settle, likening it to the repeated uprisings of the senses against an embodied person’s resolve.