Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततः किरीटी प्रतिलभ्य संज्ञां जग्राह बाणं यमदण्डकल्पम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ kirīṭī pratilabhya saṃjñāṃ jagrāha bāṇaṃ yamadaṇḍakalpam

Translation

پھر کِریٹی ارجن نے ہوش میں آتے ہی یم کے ڈنڈے کے مانند ہولناک ایک تیر تھام لیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• किरीटी: the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-लभ्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness, awareness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जग्राह: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमदण्डकल्पम्: like Yama's staff (death-dealing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यमदण्डकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kirīṭī (Arjuna)
• bāṇa (arrow)
• Yama
• Yamadaṇḍa (rod of Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in dharma under extreme pressure: even after being stunned or weakened, a warrior committed to righteous duty regains clarity and acts decisively, mindful that warfare carries the solemn authority of life-and-death consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna (Kirīṭī), having recovered his senses, takes up a fearsome arrow likened to Yama’s punitive staff—indicating he is ready to deliver a decisive, death-dealing strike in the ongoing battle.