Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तथैव सूतपुत्रेण प्रेषिता: परमाहवे । पाण्डुपुत्रमवच्छाद्य व्यतिष्ठन्ताम्बरे शरा:,नकुलके बाणोंमें कंक और मयूरके पंख लगे हुए थे। वे उनके धनुषसे छूटकर सूतपुत्रको आच्छादित करके जिस प्रकार आकाशमें स्थित होते थे, उसी प्रकार उस महासमरमें सूतपुत्रके चलाये हुए बाण पाण्डुकुमार नकुलको आच्छादित करके आकाशमें छा जाते थे

Transliteration

tathaiva sūtaputreṇa preṣitāḥ paramāhave | pāṇḍuputram avacchādya vyatiṣṭhantāmbare śarāḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ฉันนั้นในศึกอันยิ่งใหญ่ ศรที่บุตรสารถีคือกรรณะยิงออกไปได้ปกคลุมบุตรปาณฑุคือนกุล และดูประหนึ่งแผ่ค้างอยู่ทั่วนภา; ฝนศรหนาทึบจนบดบังเขาไว้.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same manner

एवindeed, just

सूतपुत्रेणby the charioteer’s son (Karna)

प्रेषिताःsent, discharged

परमाहवेin the great battle

पाण्डुपुत्रम्the son of Pandu (Nakula)

अवच्छाद्यhaving covered, enveloping

व्यतिष्ठन्तstood, remained

अम्बरेin the sky

शराःarrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna (Sūtaputra)

Nakula (Pāṇḍuputra)

arrows (śarāḥ)

sky (ambara)

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 foregrounds the overwhelming force of martial skill in war: a dense volley can metaphorically ‘cover the sky’ and conceal an opponent. Ethically, it highlights how battle often becomes a contest of sheer intensity and capability, where restraint is eclipsed by the drive to overpower.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Karṇa releasing a thick shower of arrows in the great battle. Those arrows cover the Pāṇḍava warrior (identified in context as Nakula), appearing to fill the sky as they surround and conceal him.