Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततः किरीटी प्रतिलभ्य संज्ञां जग्राह बाणं यमदण्डकल्पम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ kirīṭī pratilabhya saṃjñāṃ jagrāha bāṇaṃ yamadaṇḍakalpam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Da gewann Kirīṭī (Arjuna) das Bewusstsein zurück und ergriff einen Pfeil, gleich dem Strafstab Yamas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• किरीटी: the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-लभ्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness, awareness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जग्राह: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमदण्डकल्पम्: like Yama's staff (death-dealing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यमदण्डकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kirīṭī (Arjuna)
• bāṇa (arrow)
• Yama
• Yamadaṇḍa (rod of Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in dharma under extreme pressure: even after being stunned or weakened, a warrior committed to righteous duty regains clarity and acts decisively, mindful that warfare carries the solemn authority of life-and-death consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna (Kirīṭī), having recovered his senses, takes up a fearsome arrow likened to Yama’s punitive staff—indicating he is ready to deliver a decisive, death-dealing strike in the ongoing battle.