Shloka 64

Devanagari script

वीरा: स्वशिबिराण्येव ध्यायन्त: परमातुरा: । निवेशायाभ्युपागच्छन्‌ सायाह्ले रुधिरोक्षिता:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

vīrāḥ svaśibirāṇy eva dhyāyantaḥ paramāturāḥ |

niveśāyābhyupāgacchan sāyāhle rudhirokṣitāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说：诸勇士心中极度忧惧，只惦念各自营寨（及其处境），于傍晚时分返回住处。身上溅满血迹，他们回到歇息之所——然而内心仍不安定，念头紧系于那位倒下的统帅与战争阴沉的职责。

Word by Word

• वीराः: heroes, warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्व: their own
• स्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• शिबिराणि: camps
• शिबिराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ध्यायन्तः: thinking/meditating (on)
• ध्यायन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परम: extremely
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आतुराः: distressed, anxious
• आतुराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आतुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निवेशाय: to the dwelling/encampment (for lodging)
• निवेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अभ्युपागच्छन्: they went/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, अभि,उप

• सायाह्ले: in the evening
• सायाह्ले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायाह्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रुधिर: with blood
• रुधिर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्षिताः: sprinkled/smeared
• उक्षिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्ष्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vīrāḥ (the warriors)
• śibira (camp)
• niveśa (lodging/resting place)
• rudhira (blood)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the psychological and ethical weight of warfare: even victorious or surviving warriors return blood-stained and anxious, showing that battle brings inner turmoil and responsibility, not merely triumph.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the day’s events, the warriors—agitated and preoccupied—withdraw toward evening to their own camps and lodgings, still shaken and blood-spattered from combat.