Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एष पाण्डुसुतो वीर: कृष्णेन सहितो बली । तथा करोति सैन्यानि यथा कुर्याद्‌ धनंजय:,“यह श्रीकृष्णसहित बलवान वीर पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुन कौरव-सेनाकी वही दशा कर रहा है, जैसी उसे करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

eṣa pāṇḍusuto vīraḥ kṛṣṇena sahito balī | tathā karoti sainyāni yathā kuryād dhanañjayaḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Вот доблестный сын Панду — могучий и вместе с Кришной; он расправляется с войсками так, как и подобает Дхананджае (Арджуне)».

Word by Word

एषःthis (man)

पाण्डुसुतःson of Pāṇḍu

वीरःhero, warrior

कृष्णेनwith Kṛṣṇa / by Kṛṣṇa (as companion)

सहितःaccompanied (by), together with

बलीstrong, mighty

तथाthus, in that manner

करोतिdoes, makes

सैन्यानिarmies, troops

यथाas, just as

कुर्यात्should do, would do

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna (Pāṇḍusuta, Dhanañjaya)

Kṛṣṇa

Kaurava army (implied by context of opposing armies)

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 frames Arjuna’s battlefield conduct as ‘what ought to be done’ for a kṣatriya—decisive action aligned with duty—while highlighting that such right action is strengthened and clarified when undertaken with Kṛṣṇa’s guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points out Arjuna on the field: the mighty Pāṇḍava hero, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, is striking and routing enemy forces in the manner befitting Arjuna’s prowess and role.