Shloka 31

Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam

Devanagari script

गजमध्यमनुप्राप्त: पाण्डव: स व्यराजत

Transliteration

gajamadhyam anuprāptaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ sa vyarājata

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—गजमध्यमनुप्राप्तः स पाण्डवो रणमर्दने व्यराजत।

Word by Word

• गजमध्यम्: the middle (space) of the elephants/elephant-host
• गजमध्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजमध्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्तः: having reached/arrived at
• अनुप्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यराजत: shone forth/appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava
• elephants (war-elephants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid overwhelming force (the elephant formation), a righteous warrior’s steadiness and courage can make him stand out; the verse highlights disciplined valor as part of kṣātra-dharma in the battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Pāṇḍava warrior has advanced into the center of the enemy’s elephants and is seen shining prominently there, indicating a bold penetration into a formidable battle formation.