Shloka 36

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्त: शासनं तस्य पाण्डवा बाहुशालिन:

Transliteration

kurvantaḥ śāsanaṃ tasya pāṇḍavā bāhuśālinaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The mighty-armed Pāṇḍavas carried out his command—acting in disciplined obedience amid the pressures of war, where order and duty must be upheld even in peril.

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्तः: doing, carrying out
• कुर्वन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शासनम्: command, order
• शासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक; √शास् से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that (his)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बाहुशालिनः: strong-armed, mighty
• बाहुशालिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहुशालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined adherence to rightful command in a crisis: strength (bāhuśālinaḥ) is paired with restraint and order (śāsanam), suggesting that martial power is ethically guided when it serves duty rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas, described as mighty-armed warriors, are executing the instruction of a specific leader previously mentioned in the passage, indicating coordinated action and obedience within their war formation.