Shloka 33

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

ततः: पुनर्दक्षिणत: संग्रामश्चित्रयोधिनाम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ punar dakṣiṇataḥ saṅgrāmaś citrayodhinām

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そして再び、南の翼において、技量も武威もさまざまに際立つ戦士たちの間に、激烈な戦いが起こった。これは、争いが一方から他方へと絶えず移り、あらゆる陣営を戦の容赦なき要請と道義の重圧の中へ、いよいよ深く引き込んでいくことを示している。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya

• दक्षिणतः: on the right; from the right side
• दक्षिणतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दक्षिणतस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• संग्रामः: battle; combat
• संग्रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• चित्रयोधिनाम्: of the wondrous/variegated fighters
• चित्रयोधिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रयोधिन्
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• southern flank (dakṣiṇa-diś)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the instability and all-consuming spread of war: conflict shifts direction repeatedly, testing discipline and dharma as warriors are drawn into ever-new fronts without respite.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that fighting flares up again on the southern side of the battlefield, where many notable and varied warriors engage in combat.