Shloka 32
Devanagari script
स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण अयुध्यत रणाजिरे
Transliteration
sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa ayudhyata raṇājire
Translation
Vaiśampāyana sprach: So kämpfte er auf dem Schlachtfeld gemäß dem Dharma eines Kṣatriya—dem Kampf folgend, wie es die Pflicht gebietet, mitten im Getöse des Krieges.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रधर्मेणby/according to the duty of a kshatriya
क्षत्रधर्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रधर्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अयुध्यतfought
अयुध्यत:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
रणाजिरेin the battlefield
रणाजिरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरणाजिर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
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
The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous context, a warrior is expected to meet conflict with disciplined courage, treating battle as a duty governed by ethical norms rather than personal rage or gain.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana briefly describes a figure fighting in the battle-arena, emphasizing that the combat is undertaken in line with the prescribed warrior code.