Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एवं ब्रुवति कौन्तेये दाशा्हस्त्वरितस्तत: । निवार्य सैन्यं बाहुभ्यामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्‌,जब कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिर इस प्रकार कह रहे थे, उसी समय दशार्हकुलभूषण भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने तुरंत ही अपनी दोनों भुजाओंके संकेतसे सारी सेनाको रोककर इस प्रकार कहा --

Transliteration

evaṁ bruvati kaunteye dāśārhas tvaritas tataḥ | nivārya sainyaṁ bāhubhyām idaṁ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Tandis que le fils de Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira) parlait ainsi, Kṛṣṇa, prompt à agir et gloire de la lignée des Dāśārha, arrêta aussitôt toute l’armée d’un geste de ses deux bras, puis prononça ces paroles.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

ब्रुवतिwas speaking/says

कौन्तेयेin/with regard to the son of Kunti (Yudhiṣṭhira)

दाशार्हःthe Dāśārha (Kṛṣṇa)

त्वरितःquickly (having hastened)

ततःthen/thereupon

निवार्यhaving restrained/stopped

सैन्यम्the army

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

इदम्this

वचनम्speech/words

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha)

the army (sainya)

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?

Effective dharmic leadership in conflict begins with restraint: before issuing counsel or strategy, Kṛṣṇa first halts the army’s movement, signaling that discipline and control of force must precede action.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking, Kṛṣṇa quickly intervenes, stops the troops with a physical signal (both arms), and prepares to address them—marking a transition from Yudhiṣṭhira’s words to Kṛṣṇa’s directive guidance.