Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतेन सहितो युद्धय पज्चालैश्व महारथै: । आश्रचासनार्थ सैन्यानां सर्वेषां पाण्डुनन्दन,'पाण्डुनन्दन! इनके और पांचाल महारथियोंके साथ रहकर तुम अपनी सारी सेनाओंको सान्त्वना देनेके लिये यहाँ युद्ध करो”

Transliteration

etena sahito yuddhāya pāñcālaiś ca mahārathaiḥ | āśvāsanārthaṃ sainyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍunandana ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「パーンドゥの子よ、彼と、パンチャーラの大車戦士たちと共に並び立ち、ここで戦え。そうすれば汝の全軍は慰められ、心を堅く保つであろう。」

Word by Word

एतेनwith this (one)

सहितःaccompanied (together)

युध्यfight

पाञ्चालैःwith the Panchalas

चand

महारथैःwith the great chariot-warriors

आश्वासनार्थम्for the purpose of encouragement/comfort

सैन्यानाम्of the armies

सर्वेषाम्of all

पाण्डुनन्दनO son of Pandu

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava)

Pāñcālas

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

sainyas (troops/armies)

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?

In the midst of war, a leader’s duty includes sustaining the courage and cohesion of the whole force. Fighting is framed not merely as personal valor but as a stabilizing responsibility toward one’s troops and allies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction addressed to a Pāṇḍava: to remain together with a particular ally and the Pāñcāla great warriors, and to engage in battle at that spot so the entire army feels reassured and does not lose heart.