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Shloka 39

Duryodhana’s Anxiety, Bhīṣma’s Reassurance, and Renewed Mobilization (दुर्योधनचिन्ता–भीष्मप्रत्याश्वासन–सेनानिर्गमनम्)

तब कृपाचार्य सब सैनिकोंके देखते-देखते लक्ष्मणको अपने रथपर बिठाकर युद्धभूमिमें वहाँसे अन्यत्र हटा ले गये ।।

tataḥ samākule tasmin vartamāne mahābhaye | abhyadravaj jighāṃsantaḥ parasparavadha-eṣiṇaḥ ||

三阇耶说道:随后,在众军注视之下,克利帕阿阇梨将罗叉摩那扶上自己的战车,带离战场,转往别处。继而,当那一处陷入混乱与大恐怖之时,诸勇士——各怀诛灭敌方之心,求彼此毁灭——便相向奔突,投入相互屠戮之中。

ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
समाकुलेin the confused/tumultuous
समाकुले:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाकुल
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (situation/place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
वर्तमानेwhile occurring/going on
वर्तमाने:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
Formशानच् (present participle, Ātmanepada), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
महाgreat
महा:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भयेin fear/terror
भये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards/charged
अभ्यद्रवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि-
जिघांसन्तःwishing to kill
जिघांसन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
परस्परmutually/each other
परस्पर:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
वधैषिणःseeking slaughter/killing
वधैषिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवधैषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

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Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

When fear and confusion dominate, the moral and strategic restraints that should govern warfare collapse, and violence escalates into reciprocal destruction. The verse highlights the ethical danger of letting hatred and panic replace discernment.

Sañjaya describes a moment in the battle when the field becomes chaotic and terrifying; warriors on both sides, driven by the desire to kill, charge at one another seeking mutual slaughter.