Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पश्य मे विक्रमं राजन्‌ महेन्द्रस्येव संयुगे । विमुज्चन्तं महास्त्राणि पातयिष्यामि तं रथात्‌,“राजन्‌! कल युद्धमें इन्द्रके समान मेरा पराक्रम देखियेगा। मैं बड़े-बड़े अस्त्रोंका प्रहार करनेवाले भीष्मको रथसे मार गिराऊँगा

Transliteration

paśya me vikramaṃ rājan mahendrasyeva saṃyuge | vimujcantaṃ mahāstrāṇi pātayiṣyāmi taṃ rathāt ||

Translation

రాజా! సంగ్రామంలో మహేంద్రుని వలె నా విక్రమాన్ని చూడు. అతడు మహాస్త్రాలను విసురుతున్నప్పటికీ, నేను అతన్ని రథం నుండి పడగొడతాను.

Word by Word

पश्यsee, behold

मेmy

विक्रमम्valor, prowess

राजन्O king

महेन्द्रस्यof Mahendra (Indra)

इवlike, as

संयुगेin battle

विमुञ्चन्तम्releasing, discharging

महास्त्राणिgreat weapons (missiles)

पातयिष्यामिI will cause to fall, I will strike down

तम्him

रथात्from the chariot

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Mahendra/Indra

Bhīṣma (as the implied target in context)

mahāstra (mighty weapons)

ratha (chariot)

saṃyuga (battlefield)

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 highlights the kṣatriya ideal of fearless resolve and martial confidence, while also implicitly warning that pride and boastful certainty in war can be ethically ambiguous—valor must be guided by dharma, not mere ego.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s bold declaration to the king: he claims that in the coming battle he will display Indra-like prowess and will bring down his formidable opponent—despite the opponent’s use of great weapons—by striking him from his chariot.