Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अथ तौ नित्यसंहृष्टोी सुयोधनवृकोदरौ । अवतीर्णों गदाहस्तावेकशुड्राविवाचलौ,तदनन्तर सदा एक-दूसरेको जीतनेका उत्साह रखनेवाले दुर्योधन और भीमसेन हाथमें गदा लिये रंगभूमिमें उतरे। उस समय वे एक-एक शिखरवाले दो पर्वतोंकी भाँति शोभा पा रहे थे

Transliteration

atha tau nitya-saṁhṛṣṭau suyodhana-vṛkodarau | avatīrṇau gadā-hastāv eka-śṛṅgāv iva acalau ||

Translation

Дхритараштра сказал: Затем эти двое — Суйодхана (Дурьодхана) и Врикодара (Бхима), всегда воодушевлённые и жаждущие одолеть друг друга, сошли на арену, держа в руках булавы. В тот миг они казались великолепными и несокрушимыми, словно две горы, каждая увенчанная единственной вершиной, — образ, усиливающий предчувствие близкой схватки и опасность горделивого соперничества в доме Куру.

Word by Word

अथthen

तौthose two

नित्य-संहृष्टौever elated/always exhilarated

सुयोधन-वृकोदरौSuyodhana and Vṛkodara (Duryodhana and Bhīma)

अवतीर्णौhaving descended/entered

गदा-हस्तौwith maces in hand

एक-शृङ्गौsingle-peaked (each having one peak)

इवlike/as

अचलौtwo mountains

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Vṛkodara (Bhīma/Bhīmasena)

gadā (mace)

raṅgabhūmi (arena)

mountains (acalāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how exhilaration in rivalry and the thirst to defeat one another can magnify conflict; outward splendor and strength (likened to mountains) may conceal an ethically dangerous momentum driven by pride and enmity within a family.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana and Bhīma enter the wrestling/dueling arena holding maces, both energized and intent on victory; their imposing, steady presence is compared to two single-peaked mountains, signaling a serious and dramatic confrontation.