Shloka 32
Devanagari script
अद्य युद्ध कुरुश्रेष्ठ मम पार्थस्य चोभयो:
Transliteration
adya yuddha kuruśreṣṭha mama pārthasya cobhayoḥ
Translation
قال سانجيا: «اليوم، يا خيرَ المحاربين، لا بدّ أن تُخاضَ المعركة—لصالحي ولصالحِ بارثا (أرجونا) كليهما.»
Word by Word
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
युद्धbattle, fighting
युद्ध:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus
कुरुश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ममof me, my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
पार्थस्यof Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उभयोःof both (of us two)
उभयोः:
TypePronoun
Rootउभ
FormGenitive, Dual
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pārtha (Arjuna)K
Kuru (as an epithet in kuruśreṣṭha)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line underscores the inevitability of conflict once opposing duties and loyalties harden into two camps; it frames war as a collective ordeal borne by both sides, inviting reflection on responsibility and the ethical weight of choosing battle.
Sañjaya, reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, announces that on this day the fighting will proceed for both parties—his own (the Kaurava side) and Pārtha’s (the Pāṇḍava side led by Arjuna).