Shloka 32
अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः
Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire
गाण्डीवं धनुरादाय तथाक्षय्ये महेषुधी । अहमप्युत्सहे लोकान् विजेतुं युधि पावक,पावक! मैं भी यह गाण्डीव धनुष और ये दोनों बड़े-बड़े अक्षय तरकस लेकर सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको युद्धमें जीत लेनेका उत्साह रखता हूँ
arjuna uvāca | gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya tathākṣayyau maheṣudhī | aham apy utsahe lokān vijetuṃ yudhi pāvaka ||
“పావకా! ఈ గాండీవ ధనుస్సును, అలాగే ఈ రెండు మహా అక్షయ తూణీరాలను ధరించి, నేనూ యుద్ధంలో సమస్త లోకాలను జయించగలననే ఉత్సాహాన్ని పొందుతున్నాను.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds kṣatriya resolve and the intoxicating confidence that comes from power and superior arms. Ethically, it invites reflection on how martial capability and ambition (‘conquering the worlds’) must be checked by dharma—right purpose, proportionality, and restraint—an enduring Mahābhārata concern.
Arjuna, speaking directly, declares his readiness to take up the Gāṇḍīva and his two inexhaustible quivers and to win victory in battle. He addresses ‘Pāvaka’ (Fire), indicating a dialogue context involving the fire-deity or a figure so named, and emphasizes his surge of martial enthusiasm.