Shloka 32
अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः
Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire
गाण्डीवं धनुरादाय तथाक्षय्ये महेषुधी । अहमप्युत्सहे लोकान् विजेतुं युधि पावक,पावक! मैं भी यह गाण्डीव धनुष और ये दोनों बड़े-बड़े अक्षय तरकस लेकर सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको युद्धमें जीत लेनेका उत्साह रखता हूँ
arjuna uvāca | gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya tathākṣayyau maheṣudhī | aham apy utsahe lokān vijetuṃ yudhi pāvaka ||
Wika ni Arjuna: “O Pāvaka! Sa paghawak ko sa busog na Gāṇḍīva, at sa dalawang malalaking lalagyan ng palaso na hindi nauubos, ako man ay nagkakaroon ng loob na lupigin ang mga daigdig sa digmaan.” Sa konteksto, ipinahihiwatig nito ang pagtaas ng tiwala ng mandirigma na nakasalig sa mga sandatang pang-diyos at sa kṣatriya na diwa ng kagitingan, ngunit nagpapakita rin ng tensiyong pang-dharma sa pagnanais na ‘lupigin ang mundo’ sa pamamagitan ng digmaan—isang ambisyong paulit-ulit na sinusubok ng Mahābhārata laban sa katuwiran at pagpipigil.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds kṣatriya resolve and the intoxicating confidence that comes from power and superior arms. Ethically, it invites reflection on how martial capability and ambition (‘conquering the worlds’) must be checked by dharma—right purpose, proportionality, and restraint—an enduring Mahābhārata concern.
Arjuna, speaking directly, declares his readiness to take up the Gāṇḍīva and his two inexhaustible quivers and to win victory in battle. He addresses ‘Pāvaka’ (Fire), indicating a dialogue context involving the fire-deity or a figure so named, and emphasizes his surge of martial enthusiasm.