Shloka 46

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तादिव संवृत्तं नीरजस्क॑ समन्ततः । वीरशोणितसिक्तायां भूमौ भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ! तदनन्तर दो ही घड़ीमें वीरोंके रक्तसे धरती सिंच उठी और सब ओरकी धूल बैठ जानेके कारण रणक्षेत्र निर्मल हो गया

Transliteration

muhūrtādiva saṃvṛttaṃ nīrajaskaṃ samantataḥ | vīraśoṇitasiktāyāṃ bhūmau bharatasattama ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Chỉ trong khoảnh khắc, toàn chiến địa như biến đổi—khắp bốn phía không còn bụi mù. Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong dòng Bharata, mặt đất đã đẫm ướt bởi máu của các dũng sĩ.”

Word by Word

• मुहूर्तात्: from a moment (after a short time)
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संवृत्तम्: became / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: संवृत (सम् + √वृत्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• नीरजस्कम्: dustless / free of dust
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समन्ततः: on all sides / everywhere
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• वीरशोणितसिक्तायाम्: on (the ground) drenched with heroes' blood
• वीरशोणितसिक्तायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर-शोणित-सिक्त
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• भूमौ: on the earth / on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bharata-sattama (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• battlefield (bhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of war: even when framed as kṣatriya-dharma, the battlefield’s ‘clarity’ comes through bloodshed, reminding the listener that victory and duty are inseparable from human loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that within a short time the dust of battle settled everywhere because the ground was soaked with the blood of fallen warriors, making the field appear dustless and stark.