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Shloka 32

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

अशीत्या निशितैर्बाणैस्ततो5क्रोशन्त तावका: । राजन! तब रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ भीष्मने पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनको अस्सी पैने बाण मारकर बींध डाला। यह देखकर आपके सैनिक हर्षसे कोलाहल करने लगे ।। ३१ ह || तेषां तु निनदं श्रुत्वा सहितानां प्रहृष्टवत्‌

sañjaya uvāca | aśītyā niśitair bāṇais tato ’krośanta tāvakāḥ | rājann, tava rathīnāṃ śreṣṭho bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍunandanaṃ arjunaṃ aśīti-praharaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ viddhvā | etad dṛṣṭvā tava sainikāḥ harṣeṇa kolāhalaṃ cakruḥ | teṣāṃ tu ninadaṃ śrutvā sahitānāṃ prahṛṣṭavat ... |

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಗ, ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ನಿನ್ನ ಸೈನಿಕರು ಜಯಘೋಷ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ರಥಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನಾದ ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಪಾಂಡುನಂದನ ಅರ್ಜುನನನ್ನು ಎಂಭತ್ತು ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ವಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿಸಿದನು. ಇದನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ನಿನ್ನ ಪಡೆ ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ಕೋಲಾಹಲ ಮಾಡಿತು. ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಉಲ್ಲಸಿಸಿದ ಆ ಸೈನ್ಯದ ಗರ್ಜನೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ…

अशीत्याwith eighty
अशीत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअशीति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
निशितैःsharp
निशितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिशित
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
अक्रोशन्तshouted/raised a cry
अक्रोशन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
तावकाःyour men (Kauravas)
तावकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतावक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
निनदम्noise/uproar
निनदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिनद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
सहितानाम्of those assembled/together
सहितानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
प्रहृष्टवत्as if delighted/joyfully
प्रहृष्टवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रहृष्टवत्

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīṣma
A
Arjuna
K
Kaurava troops (Tāvakāḥ)
C
chariot-warriors (rathin)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the volatility of battlefield judgment: immediate tactical success (Bhīṣma’s powerful strike) produces collective elation and loud acclaim, yet such reactions do not settle the deeper dharmic question of right and wrong. It cautions that morale and triumphalism can surge from violence, even while the ultimate outcome and ethical evaluation remain unresolved.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, the foremost Kaurava chariot-warrior, pierces Arjuna with eighty sharp arrows. The Kaurava soldiers, seeing Arjuna struck, shout in joy and raise an uproar; the next line begins to describe the response upon hearing that roar.