Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तत्र यत्तौ सुसंरब्धौ दृष्टवान्योन्यं व्यवस्थितौ । अनीकमध्ये राजेन्द्र चेरतु: कर्णपाण्डवौ,राजेन्द्र! वहाँ रोषमें भरकर सावधानीके साथ खड़े हुए कर्ण और पाण्डव अपनी- अपनी सेनामें विचरने लगे

Transliteration

tatra yattau susaṁrabdhau dṛṣṭvā anyonyaṁ vyavasthitau | anīka-madhye rājendra ceratuḥ karṇa-pāṇḍavau ||

Translation

ครั้งนั้นทั้งสอง—กรรณะและปาณฑพ—เดือดดาลด้วยโทสะ จ้องมองกันและกันอย่างแน่วแน่ ยืนประจัญบานด้วยความระวัง. ข้าแต่ราชันผู้เป็นใหญ่ ท่ามกลางกระบวนทัพของตน ๆ ทั้งสองเริ่มเคลื่อนวนไปมาเพื่อแสวงหาช่องได้เปรียบโดยไม่คลายความพร้อม.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• यत्: when/that (relative)
• यत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• सुसंरब्धौ: highly enraged / greatly excited
• सुसंरब्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंरब्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• अन्योन्यम्: each other / mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular (adverbial use)

• व्यवस्थितौ: standing ready / stationed
• व्यवस्थितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• अनीक: army, troop
• अनीक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: neuter, locative, singular (in compound context)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• चेरतुः: they two moved about / roamed
• चेरतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, dual

• कर्णपाण्डवौ: Karna and (the) Pandava (Arjuna)
• कर्णपाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपाण्डव
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājendra)
• Karna
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna implied)
• anīka (battle-formations/armies)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid intense anger, warriors operate within the constraints of ordered formations and tactical caution; personal passion is channeled through discipline and duty (kṣatriya-dharma), showing how ethical obligation and strategic restraint shape conduct in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Karna and the Pāṇḍava (contextually Arjuna) locking eyes, standing ready, and then maneuvering within the midst of their armies’ formations—circling and seeking openings while remaining guarded and prepared for direct engagement.