Shloka 36
Devanagari script
तस्य तैरभवद् युद्धमिन्द्रियेरिव देहिन:
Transliteration
tasya tair abhavad yuddham indriyair iva dehinaḥ
Translation
サञ्जヤは言った。「彼にとって彼らとの戦いは、まるで生ある者が諸感官と争うようなもの—外の衝突のただ中で、制御・自制・決意が試される内なる闘争であった。」
Word by Word
तस्यof him / his
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तैःby them / with them
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अभवत्was / happened / arose
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
युद्धम्battle, fight
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इन्द्रियैःwith the senses
इन्द्रियैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
देहिनःof the embodied one (the person)
देहिनः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)इ
इन्द्रिय (the senses)द
देहिन् (the embodied being)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 frames external warfare as analogous to the inner moral-psychological struggle: just as the senses can overpower the embodied self, opponents can press and destabilize a warrior. The ethical emphasis is on mastery—steadiness, restraint, and disciplined agency amid pressure.
Sañjaya describes a combat encounter in which a particular warrior’s fight with his adversaries becomes intense and consuming, and he characterizes it through a simile: it resembles the continual contest between a person and the pull of the senses.