Shloka 32

Devanagari script

शिखण्डिनं च पुत्रास्ते पाण्डवं च धनंजयम्‌ । राजशि: समरे पार्थमभिपेतुर्जिघांसव:

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca putrās te pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanañjayam | rājarṣiḥ samare pārtham abhipetur jighāṃsavaḥ ||

Translation

ଆପଣଙ୍କ ପୁଅମାନେ ହତ୍ୟା କରିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ ସମରରେ ଶିଖଣ୍ଡୀ ଓ ପାଣ୍ଡବ ଧନଞ୍ଜୟ (ଅର୍ଜୁନ)ଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କଲେ। ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଅନେକ ରାଜାମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଯୁଦ୍ଧଭୂମିରେ ପାର୍ଥଙ୍କ ଦିଗକୁ ଆଗେଇଲେ—ସେଇ ଦୁଇଜଣଙ୍କୁ ବଧ କରିବା ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପରେ।

Word by Word

• शिखण्डिनम्: Shikhandin (as object)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those/your
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धनञ्जयम्: Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनञ्जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजशिः: the king (here: Duryodhana, as subject)
• राजशिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पार्थम्: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिपेतुः: they rushed/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• जिघांसवः: wishing to kill
• जिघांसवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (desiderative: जिघांसु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Arjuna (Dhanañjaya, Pārtha)
• Kauravas (your sons)
• Pāṇḍavas
• allied kings (rājarṣayaḥ)
• battlefield (samara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, intent (jighāṃsā—desire to kill) can dominate decision-making, drawing even many kings into a single destructive purpose. It invites reflection on dharma in conflict: whether strategic aims and inherited enmities justify collective violence against key opponents, especially when those opponents are tied to complex moral claims (such as Śikhaṇḍin’s role and Arjuna’s centrality).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava princes, together with allied kings, surge forward on the battlefield to attack Śikhaṇḍin and Arjuna (Dhanañjaya/Pārtha), specifically with the intention of killing them.