Shloka 32

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

प्रभज्यमान सैन्यं तु दृष्टवा यादवनन्दन:

Transliteration

prabhajyamānaṃ sainyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā yādavanandanaḥ

Translation

三阇耶说道：见大军被击碎、四散崩裂，雅度族之欢悦者（奎师那）凝视着战场上逐步展开的败亡景象。

Word by Word

• प्रभज्यमानम्: being broken/shattered
• प्रभज्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-भज् (धातु) → प्रभज्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• यादवनन्दनः: the delight/son of the Yadavas (Krishna)
• यादवनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa (Yādavanandana)
• army (sainya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of sheer military power: even a vast army can be rapidly shattered. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, this points to the limits of force when opposed by steadfast resolve, strategy, and the larger moral-cosmic order (dharma and destiny).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa (called Yādavanandana) sees the troops being broken and scattered on the battlefield, setting up Kṛṣṇa’s attentive, guiding role amid the turning tides of combat.