Shloka 32

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो महाबाहु: केशव: सव्यसाचिना

Transliteration

evam ukto mahābāhuḥ keśavaḥ savyasācinā

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus addressed by Arjuna, the mighty-armed Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) was called upon to respond—an intimate moment of counsel amid the moral strain of war, where a warrior seeks right action and restraint from one who embodies discernment and duty.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Savyasācin (Arjuna)