Shloka 32

Devanagari script

पाणौ पृषत्का निशिता ममैव धनुश्व सज्यं विततं सबाणम्‌

Transliteration

pāṇau pṛṣatkā niśitā mamaiva dhanuś ca sajyaṃ vitataṃ sabāṇam

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—पाणौ पृषत्का निशिता ममैव धनुश्च सज्यं विततं सबाणम्॥

Word by Word

• पाणौ: in the hand
• पाणौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पृषत्काः: arrows
• पृषत्काः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषत्का
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निशिताः: sharpened, keen
• निशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• सज्यम्: strung (with a bowstring)
• सज्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विततम्: stretched, extended
• विततम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सबाणम्: together with arrows, with arrows
• सबाणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सबाण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• arrows (pṛṣatkāḥ/bāṇāḥ)
• hand (pāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined preparedness: in a dharmic framework, a warrior’s readiness—stringing the bow, keeping arrows honed—signals commitment to one’s appointed duty, even when the duty is harsh and morally weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a combat-ready stance: arrows are in hand and the bow is already strung and taut, indicating immediate readiness for engagement in the ongoing battle of Kurukṣetra.