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Shloka 32

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तमाविद्धमाप्लुतं विप्लुतं सृतम्‌ । सम्पातसमुदीर्णे च दर्शयामास संयुगे,उसने युद्धस्थलमें भ्रान्त, उदभ्रान्त, आविद्ध, आप्लुत, प्लुत, सृत, सम्पात और समुदीर्ण आदि गतियोंको दिखाया

bhrāntam udbhrāntam āviddham āplutaṁ viplutaṁ sṛtam | sampāta-samudīrṇe ca darśayāmāsa saṁyuge ||

യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ അവൻ ഭ്രാന്തം, ഉദ്ഭ്രാന്തം, ആവിദ്ധം, ആപ്ലുതം, വിപ്ലുതം, സൃതം, സമ്പാതം, സമുദീർണം തുടങ്ങിയ പലവിധ ഗതികൾ പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ചു.

भ्रान्तम्confused, whirling
भ्रान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रान्त (भ्रम् धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उद्भ्रान्तम्violently whirling / thrown into confusion
उद्भ्रान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्भ्रान्त (उद्- + भ्रम् धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आविद्धम्spun/whirled, brandished
आविद्धम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआविद्ध (आ- + व्यध्/विध् धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आप्लुतम्leaping up, springing
आप्लुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्लुत (आ- + प्लु धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विप्लुतम्leaping about, bounding
विप्लुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविप्लुत (वि- + प्लु धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सृतम्gliding/moving swiftly
सृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसृत (सृ धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्पातसमुदीर्णेin (the state of) swooping and rising up
सम्पातसमुदीर्णे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्पातसमुदीर्ण (सम्पात + समुदीर्ण)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दर्शयामासshowed, displayed
दर्शयामास:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (दर्शयति—णिच्) + आस् (आमास-परस्मैपद सहायक)
FormPeriphrastic Perfect (लिट्, परोक्षभूतार्थे), Third, Singular
संयुगेin battle
संयुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयुग
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

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Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how, in war, mastery often appears as controlled deception and rapid maneuvering. It implicitly contrasts technical prowess with the larger ethical burden of battle: skill can dominate the field, yet it does not by itself resolve the moral weight of the conflict.

Sañjaya describes a warrior’s dynamic movements in combat, listing a sequence of tactical motions—circling, whirling, feinting, leaping, plunging, darting, swooping, and surging—by which he demonstrates extraordinary agility and battlefield control.