Shloka 36

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तमारोप्य रथे राजन्‌ दण्डधारो नराधिपम्‌

Transliteration

tam āropya rathe rājan daṇḍadhāro narādhipam

Translation

হে ৰাজন, সেই নৰাধিপক ৰথত উঠাই দণ্ডধাৰী (সেৱক/সাৰথি)য়ে তাক সুশৃঙ্খলভাৱে সামলাই ল’লে। হিংসাৰ মাজতো পতিত নেতাৰ প্ৰতি যত্ন আৰু নিজৰ ধৰ্ম-কর্তব্যৰ শৃঙ্খলা তাত ৰক্ষিত হ’ল।

Word by Word

तम्him

आरोप्यhaving mounted/placed (him) up

रथेin/on the chariot

राजन्O king

दण्डधारःthe staff-bearer (policeman/guard)

नराधिपम्the lord of men (king)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

King (Dhritarashtra, addressed as rājan)

ratha (chariot)

daṇḍa (staff/rod of authority)

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 role-based duty (svadharma) in war: even in chaos, attendants act with discipline and responsibility toward a leader, reflecting the ethical expectation of order, protection, and proper conduct amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to the king that an attendant/charioteer (daṇḍadhāra) lifts a ruler (narādhipa) onto a chariot—suggesting the removal or securing of a king/commander in the midst of battle.