Shloka 35

Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)

Devanagari script

तस्य वैरानुषड्रस्य गन्तास्म्यन्तं सुदुर्गमम्‌ । अहमादीौ निहत्य त्वां शकुने: सम्प्रपश्यत:

Transliteration

tasya vairānuṣaḍrasya gantāsmy antaṃ sudurgamam | aham ādau nihatya tvāṃ śakuneḥ samprapaśyataḥ, tato 'smi śakuniṃ hantām iṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಆ ಆಳವಾಗಿ ಬೇರುಬಿಟ್ಟ, ದಾಟಲು ಅತಿದುರ್ಲಭವಾದ ವೈರದ ಅಂತ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಾನು ತಲುಪುವೆನು. ಶಕುನಿ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರಲು ಮೊದಲು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸುವೆನು; ನಂತರ ಎಲ್ಲ ಧನುರ್ಧರರ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಕುನಿಯನ್ನೂ ಕೊಲ್ಲುವೆನು. ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ಭಯಂಕರ ಶತ್ರುತೆಯನ್ನು ನಾನು ದಾಟಿಹೋಗುವೆನು.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (enemy/that one)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• वैरानुषड्रस्य: of the one who follows/continues enmity (inveterate enemy)
• वैरानुषड्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरानुषड्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• गन्ता: goer; one who will go
• गन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्तृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)
• Form: present, 1st, singular

• अन्तम्: end; limit
• अन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सुदुर्गमम्: very difficult to reach/cross
• सुदुर्गमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्गम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• आदौ: at first; in the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (to slay)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), active

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• शकुनेः: of Shakuni
• शकुनेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• सम्प्रपश्यतः: while (he) is watching; in the presence of (his) seeing
• सम्प्रपश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-पश् (to see)
• Form: present active participle, masculine, genitive, singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)
• Form: present, 1st, singular

• शकुनिम्: Shakuni
• शकुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• हन्ता: slayer; one who will kill
• हन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन्तृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ईषताम्: slightly; a little; (here: as they look on, scarcely able to act)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईषत्

• सर्वधन्विनाम्: of all the bowmen
• सर्वधन्विनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वधन्विन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• archers (sarva-dhanvinaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how entrenched hostility (vaira) drives vows of retaliatory violence; ethically, it illustrates the escalating logic of vengeance—publicly performed, witnessed, and justified as ‘crossing beyond’ enmity—showing how conflict becomes self-perpetuating in the lead-up to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced as Sañjaya) voices a fierce resolve: to kill an opponent first in front of Śakuni, and then to kill Śakuni before all archers—framing these acts as the means to overcome a long-standing, difficult enmity.