Shloka 32

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय नकुल: क्रोधमूर्च्छित:

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya nakulaḥ krodha-mūrcchitaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: Rồi Nakula, bị cơn giận lấn át và cuốn đi, cầm lấy một cây cung khác—báo hiệu quyết tâm mới để lao trở lại cuộc chiến với cường độ cao hơn, khi phẫn nộ bắt đầu lèo lái hành động của chiến sĩ giữa gánh nặng đạo lý của chiến tranh.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage as avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa)

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: overcome by anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-मूर्च्छित
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle), मूर्छ्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• bow (dhanuḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can seize a warrior’s mind and redirect action; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, even when battle is a duty, yielding to krodha risks clouding judgment and dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Nakula, overwhelmed by anger, picks up another bow—indicating he is preparing to continue or intensify his combat after a shift in the immediate battle situation.