Shloka 32

Devanagari script

पाणौ पृषत्का निशिता ममैव धनुश्व सज्यं विततं सबाणम्‌

Transliteration

pāṇau pṛṣatkā niśitā mamaiva dhanuś ca sajyaṃ vitataṃ sabāṇam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In my very hand are sharp, well-honed arrows; and my bow too is strung, drawn taut, and ready with its shafts.”

Word by Word

• पाणौ: in the hand
• पाणौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पृषत्काः: arrows
• पृषत्काः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषत्का
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निशिताः: sharpened, keen
• निशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• सज्यम्: strung (with a bowstring)
• सज्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विततम्: stretched, extended
• विततम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सबाणम्: together with arrows, with arrows
• सबाणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सबाण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• arrows (pṛṣatkāḥ/bāṇāḥ)
• hand (pāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined preparedness: in a dharmic framework, a warrior’s readiness—stringing the bow, keeping arrows honed—signals commitment to one’s appointed duty, even when the duty is harsh and morally weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a combat-ready stance: arrows are in hand and the bow is already strung and taut, indicating immediate readiness for engagement in the ongoing battle of Kurukṣetra.