Shloka 32

Devanagari script

परिधघैश्न गदाभिश्न प्रासमुद्गरपट्टिशै:

Transliteration

paridhaghaiś ca gadābhiś ca prāsamudgarapaṭṭiśaiḥ

Translation

ಅವರು ಪರಿಘಗಳು, ಗದೆಗಳು, ಪ್ರಾಸಗಳು, ಮುದ್ಗರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪಟ್ಟಿಶಗಳಿಂದ ಹೊಡೆದು ಯುದ್ಧ ಮಾಡಿದರು.

Word by Word

• परिघैः: with iron bars/clubs
• परिघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्नैः: with stones
• अश्नैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गदाभिः: with maces
• गदाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्नैः: with stones
• अश्नैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रासैः: with spears/javelins
• प्रासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मुद्गरैः: with hammers/mallets
• मुद्गरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पट्टिशैः: with axes/battle-axes
• पट्टिशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टिश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• paridhagha (iron club)
• gadā (mace)
• prāsa (spear)
• mudgara (war-hammer)
• paṭṭiśa (battle-axe)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal: it underscores the grim reality of war, where skill and duty (kṣatriya-dharma) are expressed through increasingly forceful means. Ethically, it invites reflection on how conflict escalates and how the battlefield reduces human encounter to instruments of harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his report of the Kurukṣetra fighting, describing combatants striking one another with a range of heavy weapons—clubs, maces, spears, war-hammers, and axes—conveying the intensity and close-quarters brutality of the engagement.