Shloka 61
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
Devanagari script
विपन्नसस्येव मही रुधिरेण समुक्षिता
Transliteration
vipannasasy eva mahī rudhireṇa samukṣitā
Translation
桑阇耶说道：大地被鲜血浸透，宛如歉收的田地——湿重沉滞，却不再滋养万物。
Word by Word
विपन्नसस्यस्यof the ruined crop
विपन्नसस्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविपन्नसस्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
इवlike/as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
महीthe earth/ground
मही:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
रुधिरेणwith blood
रुधिरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरुधिर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
समुक्षिताsprinkled/drenched
समुक्षिता:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उक्ष्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The simile suggests that war’s ‘harvest’ is barren: immense effort results not in prosperity but in moral and human loss. Blood-soaked earth becomes a symbol of squandered dharma and the futility of violence as a means to lasting good.
Sañjaya is describing the battlefield aftermath: the ground is saturated with the blood of fallen warriors, conveying the scale of slaughter and the grim transformation of the land into a witness of destruction.