Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तथा चरन्तं समरे तपन्तमिव भास्करम्‌ | पदातिकोटिसाहस्रा: प्रवरायुधपाणय:

Transliteration

tathā carantaṃ samare tapantam iva bhāskaram | padātikoṭisāhasrāḥ pravarāyudhapāṇayaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Như thế, giữa chiến địa, chàng đi lại tung hoành, rực cháy như mặt trời; và bị vây quanh bởi vô số ngàn vạn bộ binh, tay cầm những vũ khí thượng hạng—bị cuốn theo nỗi kính sợ trước hào quang của chàng và đà xung kích của chiến tranh.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• चरन्तम्: moving about, ranging
• चरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तपन्तम्: burning, scorching
• तपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भास्करम्: the sun
• भास्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पदाति-कोटि-साहस्राः: thousands (in crores) of foot-soldiers
• पदाति-कोटि-साहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति + कोटि + साहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रवर-आयुध-पाणयः: having excellent weapons in their hands
• प्रवर-आयुध-पाणयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर + आयुध + पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bhāskara (the Sun)
• padātayaḥ (infantry/foot-soldiers)
• pravarāyudhāni (excellent weapons)
• samara (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how martial excellence and intense energy in war can draw vast forces around a single radiant fighter; ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between kṣatriya duty (valor in battle) and the destructive scale of warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior moving through the battlefield with sun-like brilliance, while innumerable infantry—armed with superior weapons—press around him, conveying the density and ferocity of the ongoing combat.