Shloka 32

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

तावकानां मुखे कर्ण: परेषां च धनंजय: । ततो जयाभिसंरब्धौ परस्परवधैषिणौ

Transliteration

tāvakānāṃ mukhe karṇaḥ pareṣāṃ ca dhanaṃjayaḥ | tato jayābhisaṃrabdhau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ກັນນະ ຢືນຢູ່ແນວໜ້າກອງທັບຂອງພວກເຈົ້າ, ແລະ ທະນັນຊະຍະ (ອາຈຸນ) ຢືນຢູ່ແນວໜ້າກອງທັບຝ່າຍຕົກຕໍ່. ແລ້ວຕໍ່ມາ ດ້ວຍໄຟແຫ່ງຄວາມປາຖະໜາໃນໄຊຊະນະ ທັງສອງ—ແຕ່ລະຄົນຫາວິທີສັງຫານອີກຝ່າຍ—ໄດ້ເຂົ້າປະຈັນໜ້າກັນ.

Word by Word

तावकानाम्of your side (of the Kauravas)

मुखेin the forefront / at the head

कर्णःKarna

परेषाम्of the others (of the enemy side)

चand

धनंजयःDhananjaya (Arjuna)

ततःthen / thereafter

जयाभिसंरब्धौboth inflamed/impassioned for victory

परस्परवधैषिणौboth seeking each other's slaying

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Kauravas (Tāvakāḥ)

Pāṇḍavas (Pare)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the pursuit of victory in war can intensify into personal enmity—‘seeking each other’s death’—underscoring the ethical strain of kṣatriya duty: even when battle is framed as duty, the mind’s fixation on triumph and vengeance can eclipse restraint and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa leads the Kaurava vanguard while Arjuna leads the opposing front. The two principal champions, stirred by the urge to win, move toward direct confrontation, each intent on killing the other.