Shloka 32

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

त॑ रथं यादवश्रेष्ठ;: समारुहु परंतप:

Transliteration

taṁ rathaṁ yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ samāruhya parantapaḥ

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు యాదవశ్రేష్ఠుడు ఆ రథమును అధిరోహించెను; పరంతపుడు ముందుకు సాగుటకు సిద్ధమయ్యెను.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यादवश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Yadavas
• यादवश्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: यादव-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समारुह: mount / ascend
• समारुह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• परंतप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yādavaśreṣṭha (Kṛṣṇa)
• Parantapa (heroic warrior, commonly Arjuna)
• ratha (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined readiness and purposeful action in a dharmic crisis: leadership and duty are expressed through calm, decisive preparation rather than wavering, even when the setting is ethically weighty like war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the foremost Yādava (typically Kṛṣṇa) mounts a chariot, while the foe-scorching hero (often Arjuna or a principal warrior) is poised to proceed, signaling an imminent movement or engagement in the battle sequence.