Shloka 32
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal
Devanagari script
प्रकर्षणाकर्षणयोरभ्याकर्षविकर्षणै:* | आकर्षतुरथान्योन्यं जानुभिश्चापि जघ्नतु:
Transliteration
prakarṣaṇākarṣaṇayor abhyākarṣavikarṣaṇaiḥ | ākarṣatur athānyonyaṃ jānubhiś cāpi jaghnatuḥ ||
Translation
টানাটানির সেই ভীষণ সংঘর্ষে তারা পরস্পরকে টেনে-হিঁচড়ে কাছে আনত, আর হাঁটু দিয়েও আঘাত করত।
Word by Word
प्रकर्षणin pulling
प्रकर्षण:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकर्षण (प्र + कृ + ल्युट्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Dual
आकर्षणयोःand in drawing (towards oneself)
आकर्षणयोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआकर्षण (आ + कृ + ल्युट्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Dual
अभ्याकर्षby (acts of) pulling towards
अभ्याकर्ष:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्याकर्ष (अभि + आ + कृ + घञ्/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
विकर्षणैःby (acts of) dragging apart
विकर्षणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविकर्षण (वि + कृ + ल्युट्)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
आकर्षतुःthe two drew/pulled
आकर्षतुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + कृ (धातु: कृ/कर्ष्-भावे; here from √कृष्/√कर्ष् ‘to draw’ as verb-form आकृष्/आकर्ष्)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Dual
रथान्chariots
रथान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अन्योन्यम्mutually, each other
अन्योन्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
जानुभिःwith (their) knees
जानुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजानु
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
जघ्नतुःthe two struck
जघ्नतुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Dual
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Unchecked rivalry and pride can quickly turn a contest into cruelty; the verse highlights how conflict escalates when self-control and dharma-based restraint are abandoned.
Two opponents grapple at close quarters, alternately pulling each other in and wrenching away, until they come chest-to-chest and strike one another with their knees in a fierce clinch.