Shloka 32
Devanagari script
दृष्टवा तु पाण्डवीं सेना दह्यमानां महाहवे
Transliteration
dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavīṁ senāṁ dahyamānāṁ mahāhave
Translation
మహాయుద్ధమున పాండవసేన దహించబడుచున్నదని చూచి సంజయుడు ఆ సర్వనాశకరమైన భయంకర దృశ్యమును నివేదించెను—యుద్ధము ఒకసారి విడిచిపెట్టబడినచో ధర్మపక్షమునకూడా దహనమును కలిగించి, కల్లోలమధ్య ధైర్యమును ధర్మమును పరీక్షించును.
Word by Word
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पाण्डवींPandava (belonging to the Pandavas)
पाण्डवीं:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपाण्डवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
सेनाम्army
सेनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसेना
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दह्यमानाम्being burned
दह्यमानाम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदह्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), कर्मणि, Feminine, Accusative, Singular
महाहवेin the great battle
महाहवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाहव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
PāṇḍavasP
Pāṇḍava army (senā)M
mahāhava (the great battle of Kurukṣetra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the indiscriminate nature of warfare: even those aligned with dharma can be engulfed by devastation. It invites reflection on the ethical cost of conflict and the fragility of human life amid kṣatriya violence.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield situation: the Pāṇḍava forces are seen as 'burning'—i.e., being fiercely struck down or consumed by destructive weapons/assault—in the midst of the great Kurukṣetra war.