Mahabharata 7.32.39 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 39

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदा:

Transliteration

te tv āryadharmasaṃrabdhā durnivārā durāsadāḥ

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆರ್ಯಧರ್ಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರೇರಿತರಾಗಿ ಬಂಧಿತರಾದ ಆ ಯೋಧರನ್ನು ತಡೆಯುವುದು ದುಷ್ಕರ; ಅವರ ಸಮೀಪ ಸೇರುವುದೂ ಕಠಿಣ—ಯುದ್ಧದ ಗದ್ದಲದಲ್ಲಿ ತಾವು ಧರ್ಮವೆಂದು ಕಂಡ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರು ಅಚಲರು।

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• आर्यधर्मसंरब्धाः: impelled/roused by noble duty
• आर्यधर्मसंरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्यधर्मसंरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुर्निवाराः: hard to restrain
• दुर्निवाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्निवार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुरासदाः: hard to assail/approach
• दुरासदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• those warriors (unspecified group)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how commitment to ārya-dharma—one’s perceived noble duty—can make warriors unwavering: ethically motivated resolve can render a person difficult to deter, for good or ill, especially in a battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes a group of fighters as driven by their sense of honorable duty; consequently they are portrayed as unstoppable and formidable—hard to restrain and hard to confront—within the ongoing combat of the Droṇa Parva.