Shloka 58

Devanagari script

गदया युद्धकुशलस्तया दारुणनादया

Transliteration

gadayā yuddhakuśalas tayā dāruṇanādayā

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。棍棒の戦いに熟達した彼は、その武器を携えて進み出た。その凄まじい轟きは遭遇の苛烈さを告げるかのようであった――武勇と暴力が並び立ち、しばしばダルマの穏やかな訴えさえ覆い隠す、戦の残酷な技の一図である。

Word by Word

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युद्धकुशलः: skilled in battle
• युद्धकुशलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तया: with that (one/it)
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दारुणनादया: with a dreadful-sounding (one)
• दारुणनादया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुणनाद
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the ambivalence of kṣatriya excellence: mastery in arms can be admirable as discipline and duty, yet it also manifests as terrifying force. It invites reflection on how dharma is tested when skill serves destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior characterized by expertise with the mace, emphasizing the weapon’s fearsome, resounding impact as the battle intensifies.