Shloka 32
Devanagari script
उद्धूतत्वात् तु रजस: प्रसेकाच्छोणितस्य च
Transliteration
uddhūtatvāt tu rajasaḥ prasekāc choṇitasya ca
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。激しく巻き上がる塵と、注がれるように噴き出す血のために、戦場の光景はかき曇った—それは戦いの凄惨な激烈さと、その殺戮に伴う重い道義の代価を告げるものであった。
Word by Word
उद्धूतत्वात्from/owing to the being shaken up (agitation)
उद्धूतत्वात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootउद्धूतत्व (उद्-धू धातु + क्त; तद्धित -त्व)
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
रजसःof dust/pollen
रजसः:
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रसेकात्from the sprinkling/oozing/flow
प्रसेकात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसेक
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
शोणितस्यof blood
शोणितस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
dust (rajas)B
blood (śoṇita)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’s reality is not heroic abstraction but a choking mixture of dust and blood—an ethical reminder that even when framed as duty, violence carries a heavy human cost and moral gravity.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield conditions: dust is kicked up in turmoil and blood is flowing, creating a grim, obscuring atmosphere that conveys the ferocity and chaos of the fighting.