Shloka 32

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्ते ते वीरा: शिबिरं तव भारत

Transliteration

ity evam ukte te vīrāḥ śibiraṃ tava bhārata

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “When this had been spoken in this manner, those heroes, O Bhārata, turned toward your camp.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ते: when (it was) said / upon being spoken
• उक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (उच्)
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), neuter, locative, singular

• ते: those / they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• वीराः: heroes, warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शिबिरम्: camp
• शिबिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (addressee)
• śibira (camp)
• vīrāḥ (the heroes/warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined responsiveness in a wartime setting: once counsel or instruction is delivered, capable warriors act without delay, reflecting kṣatriya orderliness and duty-bound execution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira narrates a transition: after certain words have been spoken, the assembled heroes proceed toward the addressed person’s camp, moving the story from speech to action.