Shloka 36

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

एवं युयुधिरे वीरा: प्रार्थयाना महद्‌ यश: । तावका: पाण्डवै: सार्धमाकाडुशक्षन्तो जयं युधि,इस प्रकार महान्‌ यशकी अभिलाषा रखते और युद्धमें विजय चाहते हुए आपके वीर सैनिक पाण्डवोंके साथ युद्ध करते थे

Transliteration

evaṁ yuyudhire vīrāḥ prārthayānā mahad yaśaḥ | tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdham ākāṅkṣantaḥ jayaṁ yudhi ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Так сражались герои без устали — ваши воины и Пандавы друг против друга, — каждый жаждал великой славы и стремился к победе в бою.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

युयुधिरेfought

वीराःheroes/warriors

प्रार्थयानाःdesiring/asking for

महत्great

यशःfame/glory

तावकाःyour (men)/your side's

पाण्डवैःwith the Pandavas

सार्धम्together/along with

आकाङ्क्षन्तःdesiring/longing for

जयम्victory

युधिin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kauravas (tāvakāḥ)

Pāṇḍavas

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 highlights a key driver of battlefield conduct: the pursuit of yaśas (renown) and jaya (victory). It implicitly points to the kṣatriya ideal where honor and success in combat motivate action, even when the broader ethical stakes of war remain grave.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warriors—especially ‘your troops’ (the Kaurava side) along with the Pāṇḍavas—were engaged in intense fighting, each side pressing forward with the aim of winning and earning great fame.