Mahabharata 7.32.37 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 37

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

गृह्नीताद्रवतान्योन्यं विभीता विनिकृन्तत

Transliteration

gṛhṇītādravatānyonyaṃ vibhītā vinikṛntata

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ကြောက်လန့်ထိတ်လန့်မှုကြောင့် စစ်သည်တို့သည် အပြန်အလှန် ဖမ်းဆုပ်ကာ ထိုးခုတ်ကြပြီး အပြေးအလွှား ရုန်းကန်လှုပ်ရှားကြ၏။ ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုက သူတို့ကို စစ်မြေပြင်၏ ရောထွေးမှုအတွင်း အပြန်အလှန် သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းသို့ တွန်းပို့ခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• गृह्णीत: seize / take (you all)!
• गृह्णीत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, बहुवचनम्

• द्रवत: they run / are fleeing
• द्रवत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, बहुवचनम्

• अन्योन्यम्: one another / mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• विभीताः: frightened
• विभीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभीत
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• विनिकृन्तत: they cut down / they hewed
• विनिकृन्तत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत्
• Form: लङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fear and confusion in war can eclipse discernment and restraint, leading to indiscriminate harm—even against one’s own side—serving as an implicit warning about the moral and human cost of uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment of battlefield turmoil where terrified fighters, running in disorder, end up grabbing and cutting down one another in mutual confusion.