Shloka 32
Devanagari script
यो यो भीष्म॑ नरव्याप्रमभ्येति युधि कश्चन
Transliteration
yo yo bhīṣmaṁ naravyāpram abhyeti yudhi kaścana
Translation
संजय म्हणाला: “जो-जो कोणताही योद्धा युद्धात नरव्याघ्र भीष्मासमोर पुढे येतो, …”
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भीष्मम्Bhishma
भीष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नरव्याप्रम्busy with men / engaged in (slaughter of) men
नरव्याप्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनरव्याप्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभ्येतिapproaches, advances towards
अभ्येति:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-इ
FormPresent, Third, Singular
युधिin battle
युधि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुध्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
कश्चनsomeone, anyone
कश्चन:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds Bhīṣma’s overwhelming martial authority: in a dharma-war setting, confronting a great elder-warrior is not merely a tactical act but an encounter with established prowess and the weight of duty (kṣatriya-dharma), where courage and consequence are inseparable.
Sañjaya is reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describing how any warrior who comes forward to meet Bhīṣma in combat is entering a direct confrontation with the Kaurava commander, famed for driving and directing men in war.