Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मद्रराजप्रणुदितैरश्वैराकाशगैरिव । गते कर्णे तु कौन्तेय: पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

madrarāja-praṇuditair aśvair ākāśa-gair iva | gate karṇe tu kaunteyaḥ pāṇḍu-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອກັນນະໄດ້ຈາກໄປແລ້ວ, ຍຸທິສຖິຣະ—ລູກຊາຍຂອງປານດຸ ແລະເຈົ້າຊາຍຜູ້ເກີດແຕ່ກຸນຕີ—ກໍເຄື່ອນຕໍ່ໄປ, ໂດຍມ້າລາກລົດຖືກກະຕຸ້ນໂດຍກະສັດແຫ່ງມາດຣະ ຈົນເບິ່ງຄືກຳລັງແລ່ນຜ່ານທ້ອງຟ້າ.

Word by Word

मद्रराजby the king of Madra (Śalya)

प्रणुदितैःurged on, driven forward

अश्वैःby horses

आकाशगैःsky-going, moving in the sky

इवas if, like

गतेwhen (he) had gone / after (he) departed

कर्णेwhen Karṇa (was gone)

तुbut, then

कौन्तेयःthe son of Kuntī

पाण्डुपुत्रःthe son of Pāṇḍu

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

म

मद्रराज / शल्य (Madrarāja/Śalya)

क

कर्ण (Karṇa)

क

कौन्तेय (Kaunteya)

य

युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)

प

पाण्डु (Pāṇḍu)

अ

अश्व (horses)

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?

Even a dharma-minded leader must act decisively in crisis, yet his effectiveness depends on right support and skilled guidance; the verse highlights how righteous intent in war still requires competent execution and timely movement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that after Karṇa has moved away from that engagement, Yudhiṣṭhira proceeds swiftly, his horses being vigorously urged by Śalya, the king of Madra, making the chariot’s speed appear almost airborne.