Shloka 37
Devanagari script
पत्तिभिश्न समाप्लुत्य द्विरदा: स्यन्दनास्तथा
Transliteration
pattibhiś ca samāplutya dviradāḥ syandanās tathā
Translation
સંજય બોલ્યો—પદાતિ સૈનિકોથી રણભૂમિ જાણે છલકાઈ ઊઠી; હાથીઓ અને રથો પણ એ જ પ્રવાહમાં એકસાથે ધસી આવ્યા અને આગળ ધપ્યા.
Word by Word
पत्तिभिःby foot-soldiers
पत्तिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपत्ति
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
नand/also (particle)
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
समाप्लुत्यhaving leapt upon / having assailed
समाप्लुत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√प्लु
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
द्विरदाःelephants
द्विरदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विरद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्यन्दनाःchariots
स्यन्दनाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्यन्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाlikewise/so too
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaI
infantry (patti)E
elephants (dvirada)C
chariots (syandana)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war quickly becomes an engulfing force: once masses of infantry, elephants, and chariots surge together, the conflict turns into a flood of violence where restraint and discernment are hard to maintain—implicitly warning how collective momentum can eclipse ethical clarity.
Sañjaya describes the battle’s press: infantry overrun the field, and elephants and chariots also advance in a dense surge, conveying the scale and intensity of the fighting in Karṇa Parva.