Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तद्धेमजालावततं सुघोषं जाज्वल्यमानं निपपात भूमौ

Transliteration

tad-dhema-jālāvata-taṁ sughoṣaṁ jājvalyamānaṁ nipapāta bhūmau |

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—سونے کے جال سے ڈھکا ہوا، گونجتی آواز کرتا اور شعلہ سا دہکتا وہ تاج دھڑام سے زمین پر آ گرا۔ پہلے بیان کیے گئے بہترین تیر سے زخمی ہو کر اور گویا زہر کی آگ سے بھڑک اٹھا ہوا، پرتھ کا محبوب، اعلیٰ اور درخشاں تاج یوں گرا جیسے مغربی پہاڑ کے پار سرخ قرص والا سورج ڈوب جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हेमजालावततम्: spread/covered with a net of gold
• हेमजालावततम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमजालावतत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुघोषम्: resounding loudly
• सुघोषम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुघोष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जाज्वल्यमानम्: blazing, flaming
• जाज्वल्यमानम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाज्वल्यमान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निपपात: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• kirīṭa (crown/diadem)
• bhūmi (earth)
• asta-acala (western mountain/horizon)
• sūrya (sun)
• bāṇa (arrow)
• viṣāgni (poison-fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the fragility of worldly splendor in the midst of dharma-yuddha: even a radiant, beloved emblem of honor (the crown) can be brought down in an instant by the force of battle, reminding the listener that pride and external marks of greatness are unstable before destiny and the consequences of action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a dramatic battlefield moment: Pārtha’s (Arjuna’s) gold-worked, blazing crown is struck by an excellent arrow and falls to the ground with a loud crash, compared poetically to the red sun setting beyond the western mountain.