Shloka 32

Devanagari script

स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण अयुध्यत रणाजिरे

Transliteration

sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa ayudhyata raṇājire

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Kaya nga siya’y nakipaglaban sa larangan ng digmaan ayon sa dharma ng isang kṣatriya—sumuong sa labanan bilang tungkulin, sa gitna ng banggaan at ingay ng digmaan.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रधर्मेण: by/according to the duty of a kshatriya
• क्षत्रधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अयुध्यत: fought
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous context, a warrior is expected to meet conflict with disciplined courage, treating battle as a duty governed by ethical norms rather than personal rage or gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana briefly describes a figure fighting in the battle-arena, emphasizing that the combat is undertaken in line with the prescribed warrior code.