Shloka 30

Devanagari script

हाहाकारश्न संजज्ञे पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | अभ्यद्रवत गृह्नीत हयान्‌ यच्छत धावत

Transliteration

hāhākāraś ca sañjajñe pāṇḍavānāṁ mahātmanām | abhyadravat gṛhṇīta hayān yacchata dhāvata ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Среди благородных духом Пандавов поднялся великий крик тревоги. Одни бросились вперед, крича: «Хватайте коней! Сдержите их! Бегом!» — внезапная смута в теснине войны, где дисциплина и ясность ума становятся немедленным долгом.

Word by Word

• हाहा-कारः: a cry of 'ha ha' (wailing uproar)
• हाहा-कारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाहा-कार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संजज्ञे: arose, came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अभ्यद्रवत्: ran up (towards), rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गृह्णीत: seize!, take!
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हयान्: horses
• हयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यच्छत: restrain!, hold back!
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धावत: run!, hurry!
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धाव्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• horses (hayāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the immediacy of battle, dharma expresses itself as steadiness, discipline, and effective action under pressure—responding to danger without panic and restoring order through clear commands.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a sudden alarm spreads among the Pāṇḍavas; warriors rush about issuing urgent orders to seize and restrain the horses, indicating a moment of disruption and rapid battlefield response.