Shloka 30

Devanagari script

गदामारुतवेगेन तव पुत्रस्य भारत

Transliteration

gadāmārutavegena tava putrasya bhārata

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အို ဘာရတ (ဓృతရာෂ္ဋ္ရ)၊ လေကဲ့သို့ လျင်မြန်သော ဂဒါ၏ အရှိန်ဖြင့် သင်၏သား၏ ထိုးနှက်မှု…»

Word by Word

• गदा: with a mace
• गदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मारुतवेगेन: with the speed of the wind
• मारुतवेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुतवेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• your son (tava putra; unspecified in this fragment)
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the ferocity and momentum of battlefield action—how weapon-force, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain—hinting at the ethical weight of martial choices and their irreversible consequences in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya continues his report to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describing an episode of mace-combat; the phrase highlights the wind-like speed and violent impetus associated with the mace-action of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (contextually, one of the Kaurava princes).