Shloka 34

Devanagari script

परिघान्‌ भिन्दिपालांश्व भुशुण्डी: कुणपानपि । अयस्कुन्तांश्ष पतितान्‌ मुसलानि गुरूणि च,“देखो, ये परिघ, भिन्दिपाल, भुशुण्डी, कुणप, लोहेके बने हुए भाले तथा भारी-भारी मुसल पड़े हुए हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

parighān bhindipālāṃś ca bhuśuṇḍīḥ kuṇapān api |

āyaskuntāṃś ca patitān musalāni gurūṇi ca ||

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—பார்; பரிகங்கள், பிந்திபாலங்கள், புஷுண்டிகள், குணபங்கள், இரும்பு முனையுடைய ஈட்டிகள், மேலும் கனமான முசலங்கள் கிடக்கின்றன।

Word by Word

परिघान्iron clubs/bars (parighas)

भिन्दिपालान्bhindipāla javelins/darts

चand

भुशुण्डीःbhusuṇḍī weapons (a kind of missile/club)

कुणपान्kuṇapa weapons (a kind of club/mace)

अपिalso/even

अयस्कुन्तान्iron spears (ayas-kunta)

पतितान्fallen/lying (down)

मुसलानिpestles/clubs (musala)

गुरूणिheavy

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

parigha (weapon)

bhindipāla (weapon)

bhuśuṇḍī (weapon)

kuṇapa (weapon)

āyaskunta (iron spear)

musala (heavy mace/pestle)

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 functions as a moral-narrative device: the sheer variety of fallen weapons highlights the enormity of destruction in war and implicitly warns that when conflict is driven by adharma (greed, hatred, pride), human ingenuity turns into an excess of instruments of harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points out the many weapons lying scattered on the ground—clubs, darts, heavy projectiles, iron spears, and maces—evoking the aftermath and intensity of the fighting in Karṇa Parva.