Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तत: पार्थ: सव्यसाची धनंजय:

Transliteration

evam uktas tataḥ pārthaḥ savyasācī dhanañjayaḥ

Translation

Then, thus addressed, Pārtha—Arjuna, famed as Savyasācī and Dhanañjaya—responded, marking the moment when the Yakṣa’s probing questions draw him into a test of discernment, self-control, and dharma.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• सव्यसाची: Ambidextrous (epithet of Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• यक्ष (Yakṣa)
• पार्थ (Pārtha/Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची (Savyasācī)
• धनंजय (Dhanañjaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse signals a dharmic examination: even the most capable hero (Arjuna) must answer with clarity and restraint when confronted by a moral-intellectual challenge, emphasizing that prowess is secondary to right understanding and disciplined speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Yakṣa speaks, Arjuna—identified by his epithets Pārtha, Savyasācī, and Dhanañjaya—is introduced as the one now being addressed and poised to respond, continuing the Yakṣa’s interrogation sequence central to the episode’s ethical testing.