Shloka 32

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

अद्य युद्ध कुरुश्रेष्ठ मम पार्थस्य चोभयो:

Transliteration

adya yuddha kuruśreṣṭha mama pārthasya cobhayoḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, O best of warriors, the battle is to be waged—both for my side and for Pārtha’s.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• युद्ध: battle, fighting
• युद्ध: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उभयोः: of both (of us two)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Genitive, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kuru (as an epithet in kuruśreṣṭha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the inevitability of conflict once opposing duties and loyalties harden into two camps; it frames war as a collective ordeal borne by both sides, inviting reflection on responsibility and the ethical weight of choosing battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, announces that on this day the fighting will proceed for both parties—his own (the Kaurava side) and Pārtha’s (the Pāṇḍava side led by Arjuna).