Shloka 473

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

न किंचिद्‌ विदुरात्मानमयमस्मीति भारत । भारत! उस रात्रिके समय जब वह भयंकर कोलाहलपूर्ण संग्राम चल रहा था

Transliteration

na kiñcid vidur ātmānam ayam asmīti bhārata |

Translation

三阇耶说道：噢，婆罗多啊，在那一夜，骇人的战斗于喧嚣中咆哮，武士们什么也看不真切。混乱之中，他们甚至不能辨认自己——无法知道：“我就是此人。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• किञ्चित्: anything; something (at all)
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• विदुः: they knew
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus; '...'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• warriors (yoddhāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Extreme violence and chaos can eclipse discernment so thoroughly that even basic self-awareness collapses; the verse highlights the ethical and psychological cost of war—loss of clarity, identity, and responsible perception.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that during a terrifying, noisy night engagement, the fighters were so disoriented that they could not recognize anything properly, not even who they themselves were.