Shloka 39
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
Devanagari script
ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदा:
Transliteration
te tv āryadharmasaṃrabdhā durnivārā durāsadāḥ
Translation
ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदाः।
Word by Word
तेthey (those)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तुbut, however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
आर्यधर्मसंरब्धाःimpelled/roused by noble duty
आर्यधर्मसंरब्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्यधर्मसंरब्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दुर्निवाराःhard to restrain
दुर्निवाराः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्निवार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दुरासदाःhard to assail/approach
दुरासदाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुरासद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaT
those warriors (unspecified group)Character 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 commitment to ārya-dharma—one’s perceived noble duty—can make warriors unwavering: ethically motivated resolve can render a person difficult to deter, for good or ill, especially in a battlefield context.
Sanjaya describes a group of fighters as driven by their sense of honorable duty; consequently they are portrayed as unstoppable and formidable—hard to restrain and hard to confront—within the ongoing combat of the Droṇa Parva.