Shloka 34

Devanagari script

कृत्स्ना हाक्षीहिणी राजन्‌ सव्यसाची च पाण्डव:

Transliteration

kṛtsnā hy akṣauhiṇī rājan savyasācī ca pāṇḍavaḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਰਾਜਨ! ਪੂਰੀ ਅਕਸ਼ੌਹਿਣੀ ਸੈਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਵ੍ਯਸਾਚੀ (ਅਰਜੁਨ) ਵੀ—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਉਸ ਘੋਰ ਸਮਰ ਲਈ ਸੱਜੇ ਹੋਏ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• कृत्स्ना: entire, whole
• कृत्स्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अक्षौहिणी: an army-division (akṣauhiṇī)
• अक्षौहिणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षौहिणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācin (Arjuna; ambidextrous archer)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पाण्डवः: the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna / a son of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Akṣauhiṇī (army division)
• Savyasācī (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the immense scale of war and highlights Arjuna’s pivotal role; ethically, it points to the heavy responsibility borne by principal warriors when vast forces and countless lives are at stake.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, indicating that a complete army-division is involved and that Arjuna (Savyasācī), the key Pāṇḍava warrior, is present—setting up or continuing a description of battlefield movements and engagements.