Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वे योधा: सुसंरब्धा बलवन्तो महाबला: । राजन! आपके धरनुर्धर पुत्रकी ये जोशभरी बातें सुनकर वे सभी महाबली और शक्तिशाली योद्धा रोषमें भर गये || ३१ ह ।। ते विदेहा: कलिड्राक्ष॒ दासेरकगणाश्ष ह

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | sarve yodhāḥ susaṃrabdhā balavanto mahābalāḥ | rājan, tava dhanurdhara-putrasya etāḥ harṣa-bharitāḥ vācaḥ śrutvā te sarve mahābalāḥ śaktimantaś ca yodhā roṣeṇa samapūryanta ||

Translation

ఓ రాజా, మీ ధనుర్ధర కుమారుని ఆ ఉత్సాహభరితమైన, గర్వోక్తి మాటలు విని యోధులందరూ—ఉగ్రులు, బలవంతులు, మహాబలులు—కోపంతో రగిలిపోయారు. వారిలో విదేహులు, కలింగులు, దాశేరకగణమూ ఉన్నారు.

Word by Word

सर्वेall

योधाःwarriors

सुसंरब्धाःhighly enraged / greatly excited

बलवन्तःstrong

महाबलाःmighty-strong / very powerful

राजन्O king

तेthey

विदेहाःthe Videhas (people of Videha)

कलिड्राक्षO Kali-draksha (name/epithet; uncertain reading)

दासेरकगणाःthe groups of Dāserakas

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duryodhana (implied as the king's bow-wielding son)

Kaurava warriors (collectively)

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 ethical power of speech: boastful or provocative words, especially from leaders, can inflame anger in others and accelerate violence. It implicitly warns that unrestrained rhetoric in a charged setting undermines self-control and makes reconciliation harder.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after hearing the spirited words of the king’s son (Duryodhana), the assembled warriors become intensely agitated and filled with wrath, signaling a rising battle-fervor among the Kaurava side.