Shloka 32
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
Devanagari script
प्रभज्यमान सैन्यं तु दृष्टवा यादवनन्दन:
Transliteration
prabhajyamānaṃ sainyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā yādavanandanaḥ
Translation
قال سنجيا: لمّا رأى محبوبَ اليادافا (كريشنا) الجيشَ وهو يُحطَّم ويتفكّك، راقب الخرابَ الذي كان يتكشّف في ساحة القتال.
Word by Word
प्रभज्यमानम्being broken/shattered
प्रभज्यमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-भज् (धातु) → प्रभज्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सैन्यम्army
सैन्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसैन्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite
यादवनन्दनःthe delight/son of the Yadavas (Krishna)
यादवनन्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयादव-नन्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
Kṛṣṇa (Yādavanandana)A
army (sainya)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 highlights the fragility of sheer military power: even a vast army can be rapidly shattered. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, this points to the limits of force when opposed by steadfast resolve, strategy, and the larger moral-cosmic order (dharma and destiny).
Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa (called Yādavanandana) sees the troops being broken and scattered on the battlefield, setting up Kṛṣṇa’s attentive, guiding role amid the turning tides of combat.