Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तथा चरन्तं समरे तपन्तमिव भास्करम्‌ | पदातिकोटिसाहस्रा: प्रवरायुधपाणय:

Transliteration

tathā carantaṃ samare tapantam iva bhāskaram | padātikoṭisāhasrāḥ pravarāyudhapāṇayaḥ

Translation

เขาเคลื่อนไหวอยู่ในสมรภูมิ ร้อนแรงดุจพระอาทิตย์ และถูกโอบล้อมด้วยทหารราบนับโกฏิพันหมื่น ผู้ถืออาวุธอันประเสริฐในมือ

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

चरन्तम्moving about, ranging

समरेin battle

तपन्तम्burning, scorching

इवlike, as if

भास्करम्the sun

पदाति-कोटि-साहस्राःthousands (in crores) of foot-soldiers

प्रवर-आयुध-पाणयःhaving excellent weapons in their hands

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

bhāskara (the Sun)

padātayaḥ (infantry/foot-soldiers)

pravarāyudhāni (excellent weapons)

samara (battlefield)

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 underscores how martial excellence and intense energy in war can draw vast forces around a single radiant fighter; ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between kṣatriya duty (valor in battle) and the destructive scale of warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior moving through the battlefield with sun-like brilliance, while innumerable infantry—armed with superior weapons—press around him, conveying the density and ferocity of the ongoing combat.