Shloka 35

Devanagari script

रथानां च रणे राजन्नन्योन्यमभिधावताम्‌

Transliteration

rathānāṃ ca raṇe rājann anyonyam abhidhāvatām

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਰਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਥ ਇਕ-ਦੂਜੇ ਵੱਲ ਸਿੱਧੇ ਧਾਵਾ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• रथानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• अभिधावताम्: of (those) rushing towards
• अभिधावताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: Present participle (Shatru), Parasmaipada, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• ratha (chariots)
• raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the momentum and inevitability of violent escalation once armies commit to mutual aggression; it frames war as a force that draws participants into reciprocal harm, inviting reflection on responsibility and restraint even amid duty-bound conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes a battlefield moment where opposing chariots surge toward each other in direct confrontation, setting up the ensuing clash and its consequences.