Shloka 39

Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement

Devanagari script

गदाहस्तं तव सुतं युद्धाय समुपस्थितम्‌ । ददृशु: पाण्डवा: सर्वे कैलासमिव शृज्धिणम्‌,हाथमें गदा लेकर युद्धके लिये उपस्थित हुए आपके पुत्रको समस्त पाण्डवोंने शृंगधारी कैलासपर्वतके समान देखा

Transliteration

gadāhastaṁ tava sutaṁ yuddhāya samupasthitam | dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve kailāsam iva śṛṅgiṇam ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า: เหล่าปาณฑพทั้งปวงทอดพระเนตรโอรสของพระองค์ยืนพร้อมรบ คทาอยู่ในมือ สูงตระหง่านดุจเขาไกรลาสอันมีสันยอดสล้าง

Word by Word

• गदा-हस्तम्: having a mace in (his) hand
• गदा-हस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदाहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• समुपस्थितम्: arrived/standing ready (present)
• समुपस्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कैलासम्: Mount Kailasa
• कैलासम्: Upamana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शृङ्गिणम्: horned/peaked (with peaks)
• शृङ्गिणम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृङ्गिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• tava suta (Duryodhana)
• Pāṇḍavas
• gadā (mace)
• Mount Kailāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how outward might and intimidating presence can command attention, yet such power is ethically ambivalent in a war driven by pride and adharma; awe does not equal righteousness, and grandeur can accompany a tragic course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, holding a mace and ready to fight, is seen by all the Pāṇḍavas as towering and formidable—likened to Mount Kailāsa with its peaks—setting the tone for the climactic mace-fight episode.