Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तनन्‍्महोदधिसंकाशं निरानन्दमनुत्सवम्‌

Transliteration

tan mahodadhi-saṅkāśaṃ nirānandam anutsavam

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“那情景如同浩瀚大海——却无欢喜，无欣悦，更无庆典。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• महोदधि-संकाशम्: resembling the great ocean
• महोदधि-संकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महोदधि-संकाश
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• निरानन्दम्: joyless, devoid of happiness
• निरानन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरानन्द
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अनुत्सवम्: without festivity; having no celebration
• अनुत्सवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्सव
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical and emotional cost of war: even something vast and overwhelming can be emptied of meaning when it is stripped of joy and communal celebration, pointing to the hollowness that follows violence and loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Strī Parva’s mourning context, the narrator describes the prevailing atmosphere after the catastrophe—immense in scale like an ocean, yet marked by sorrow, silence, and the absence of any festive spirit.