Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तं॑ तु दृष्टवा महाघोरं वर्तमानं महाहवम्‌

Transliteration

taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā mahāghoraṃ vartamānaṃ mahāhavam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「いままさに展開する、きわめて凄惨なる大合戦を目にして、物語の観者は、その衝突が押し寄せる恐るべき烈しさを悟った。そこは、勇気と義務、そして暴力の道義的重みが、見る者すべてにのしかかる戦場であった。」

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• महाघोरम्: very terrible
• महाघोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्तमानम्: going on/occurring
• वर्तमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाहवम्: great battle
• महाहवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the great battle (mahāhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: even when framed as duty, battle is portrayed as 'mahāghora'—deeply dreadful—inviting reflection on the ethical cost of violence and the responsibility of those who choose or witness it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the onlooker (contextually, a principal figure observing the field) sees the great battle actively unfolding and recognizes it as intensely terrifying, marking a heightened moment in the Drona Parva war narrative.