Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ते तु वीरा: समाश्वस्य वाहनान्यवमुच्य च । अतिष्ठ न्त मुहुः सर्वे पाण्डवा: सात्यकिस्तथा,वे सारे वीर अपने वाहनोंको खोलकर वहीं विश्राम करने लगे। समस्त पाण्डव और सात्यकि वहाँ एक साथ बैठे हुए थे

Transliteration

te tu vīrāḥ samāśvasya vāhanāny avamucya ca | atiṣṭhanta muhuḥ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ sātyakis tathā ||

Translation

Those heroes, having regained their composure, unyoked their mounts and, for a while, remained there to rest. All the Pāṇḍavas, and Sātyaki as well, stayed together in that place.

Word by Word

तेthey/those

तुbut/indeed

वीराःheroes/warriors

समाश्वस्यhaving refreshed/rested (having taken breath)

वाहनानिvehicles/mounts

अवमुच्यhaving released/unharnessed

चand

अतिष्ठन्तthey stood/remained

मुहुःfor a while/repeatedly

सर्वेall

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

सात्यकिःSatyaki

तथाlikewise/also

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍavāḥ

Sātyaki

vāhanāni (mounts/vehicles)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in righteous struggle, discipline includes knowing when to pause: restoring breath, composure, and resources is part of dharma for warriors and leaders, preventing rash action born of exhaustion.

What is happening in the narrative?

After intense fighting, the Pāṇḍavas and their ally Sātyaki recover themselves, unyoke their mounts/vehicles, and remain together for a time, taking rest and regrouping.