Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एवमेतन्महाव्यूहं व्यूह्ू भारत पाण्डवा: । तावकाश्न महेष्वासा युद्धायैव मनो वधु:,भरतनन्दन! इस प्रकार इस महाव्यूहकी रचना करके पाण्डवों तथा आपके महाधनुर्धरोंने युद्धमें ही मन लगाया

Transliteration

evam etan mahāvyūhaṃ vyūhya bhārata pāṇḍavāḥ | tāvakāś ca maheṣvāsā yuddhāyaiva mano daduḥ bharatanandana ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «وهكذا، يا سليل بهاراتا، بعدما صُفَّ هذا التشكيل القتالي العظيم المهيب، ثبّت الباندافا ورماة القسي العظام من جانبكم عقولهم على القتال وحده.»

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

एतत्this

महाव्यूहम्great battle-array

व्यूह्यhaving arranged (in formation)

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

तवyour

काश्चनsome (certain ones)

महेष्वासाःgreat bowmen (lit. those having great bows)

युद्धायfor battle

एवindeed, only

मनःmind

वधुःbride / young woman (as written; likely corrupt here)

भरतनन्दनO joy of the Bharatas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by addresses Bhārata/Bharatanandana)

Pāṇḍavas

Tāvakāḥ (Kaurava forces)

Mahāvyūha (battle formation)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights single-pointed resolve in a kṣatriya context: once the armies are arrayed, both sides commit their minds entirely to the duty and consequences of battle, underscoring the ethical weight of intention (mano-niyoga) in action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great battle-formation has been arranged, and that the Pāṇḍavas and the Kaurava champions (great archers) are now fully focused on fighting as the confrontation proceeds.