Shloka 34

Devanagari script

कृत्स्ना हाक्षीहिणी राजन्‌ सव्यसाची च पाण्डव:

Transliteration

kṛtsnā hy akṣauhiṇī rājan savyasācī ca pāṇḍavaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, die ganze Akṣauhiṇī (vollständige Heeresdivision) und auch der Pāṇḍava-Bogenschütze Savyasācī (Arjuna) …“ (Die Zeile deutet die gewaltige Größe der Streitkräfte und Arjunas zentrale Präsenz an und rahmt die Szene als überwältigende Kriegsmacht und als moralische Last des Hauptkriegers.)

Word by Word

कृत्स्नाentire, whole

अक्षौहिणीan army-division (akṣauhiṇī)

राजन्O king

सव्यसाचीSavyasācin (Arjuna; ambidextrous archer)

चand

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Arjuna / a son of Pāṇḍu)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Akṣauhiṇī (army division)

Savyasācī (Arjuna)

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the immense scale of war and highlights Arjuna’s pivotal role; ethically, it points to the heavy responsibility borne by principal warriors when vast forces and countless lives are at stake.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, indicating that a complete army-division is involved and that Arjuna (Savyasācī), the key Pāṇḍava warrior, is present—setting up or continuing a description of battlefield movements and engagements.