Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विवक्षितं किमस्येति संशय: सुमहान भूत्‌ । उभयो: सेनयो राजन्‌ युधिष्िरकृते तदा,राजन! दोनों ही सेनाओंमें युधिष्ठिरके विषयमें महान्‌ संशय उत्पन्न हो गया था। सब सोचते थे कि राजा युधिष्िर क्या कहना चाहते हैं

Transliteration

vivakṣitaṁ kim asyeti saṁśayaḥ sumahān bhūt | ubhayoḥ senayo rājan yudhiṣṭhirakṛte tadā ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Возникло великое сомнение: “Что он намерен сказать?” О царь. Тогда в обоих войсках распространилась неуверенность относительно Юдхиштхиры, ибо все гадали, что желает провозгласить праведный царь».

Word by Word

विवक्षितम्intended (to be said)

किम्what?

अस्यof him/this (person)

इतिthus/‘...’ (quotative)

संशयःdoubt, uncertainty

सुमहान्very great

अभूत्arose/was

उभयोःof both

सेनयोःof/in the two armies

राजन्O king

युधिष्ठिरकृतेwith regard to Yudhiṣṭhira / concerning Yudhiṣṭhira

तदाthen, at that time

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

both armies (Pāṇḍava and Kaurava forces)

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?

Even amid war, a dharmic leader’s words carry moral weight; the verse highlights how ethical intention (vivakṣitam) can create suspense and scrutiny, reminding that speech and purpose are central to righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that both sides on the battlefield became deeply uncertain about what Yudhiṣṭhira was about to say, and a widespread doubt arose regarding his intended declaration.