Shloka 37
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
Devanagari script
गृह्नीताद्रवतान्योन्यं विभीता विनिकृन्तत
Transliteration
gṛhṇītādravatānyonyaṃ vibhītā vinikṛntata
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच—विभीताः द्रवतामन्योन्यं गृह्णीत, विनिकृन्तत च; भयेन प्रेरिताः समरे मोहात् परस्परवधं जग्मुः।
Word by Word
गृह्णीतseize / take (you all)!
गृह्णीत:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
Formलोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, बहुवचनम्
द्रवतthey run / are fleeing
द्रवत:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु
Formलट्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, बहुवचनम्
अन्योन्यम्one another / mutually
अन्योन्यम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
विभीताःfrightened
विभीताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविभीत
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्
विनिकृन्ततthey cut down / they hewed
विनिकृन्तत:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृत्
Formलङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, बहुवचनम्
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
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SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how fear and confusion in war can eclipse discernment and restraint, leading to indiscriminate harm—even against one’s own side—serving as an implicit warning about the moral and human cost of uncontrolled violence.
Sañjaya describes a moment of battlefield turmoil where terrified fighters, running in disorder, end up grabbing and cutting down one another in mutual confusion.