Shloka 121
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
Devanagari script
क्रुद्धेन द्रोणपुत्रेण संछन्ना: प्रापतन् भुवि । यक्षों तथा राक्षसोंसे भरे हुए एवं रथों
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca | kruddhena droṇaputreṇa saṃchannāḥ prāpatan bhuvi | bhrātṝn anye pitṝn anye putrān anye vicukruśuḥ ||
Translation
三阇耶说道：被德罗那之子之怒所笼罩，许多人倒伏于大地。有人呼唤兄弟，有人呼唤父亲，有人呼唤儿子——亲缘与哀恸之声在屠戮之中迸起。
Word by Word
क्रुद्धेनby the enraged
क्रुद्धेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
द्रोणपुत्रेणby Droṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)
द्रोणपुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोणपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
संछन्नाःcovered/overwhelmed
संछन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंछन्न (सम्+√छद्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रापतन्fell down
प्रापतन्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+√पत्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural
भुविon the earth/ground
भुवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभू
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
भ्रातृन्brothers
भ्रातृन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितॄन्fathers
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विचुक्रुशुःcried out/lamented
विचुक्रुशुः:
TypeVerb
Rootवि+√क्रुश्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
DroṇaD
Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāman)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 verse foregrounds the human cost of rage-driven violence: when anger governs action, the battlefield becomes a place of familial lament, revealing how war collapses social and ethical bonds into grief.
Sañjaya describes the aftermath of Aśvatthāman’s furious assault: people fall to the ground, and survivors cry out in anguish, calling for lost brothers, fathers, and sons amid the chaos.