Shloka 35

Bhīṣma’s Fall, the Arrow-bed (śara-talpa), and the Establishment of Guard

Devanagari script

हाहाकिलकिलाशब्दा: श्रूयन्ते च चमूमुखे । याहि पाञ्चालदायादमहं यास्ये युधिछ्िरम्‌

Transliteration

hāhākilakilāśabdāḥ śrūyante ca camūmukhe | yāhi pāñcāladāyāda ahaṃ yāsye yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“在军阵最前方，‘哈！哈！’的惊呼与尖厉的喧嚣正不断传来。去吧，般遮罗的后嗣；我将前往犹提湿提罗那里。”

Word by Word

• हाहा: alas! (cry of lament)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हाहा

• किलकिलाशब्दाः: shouts/cries of 'kilakila' (war-whoops)
• किलकिलाशब्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किलकिलाशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रूयन्ते: are heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चमूमुखे: at the front of the army
• चमूमुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमूमुख
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• याहि: go!
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• पाञ्चालदायादम्: the heir/descendant of the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालदायादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चालदायाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• यास्ये: will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Future, First, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāñcāla (dynasty/people)
• camūmukha (front of the army)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the moral confusion of war, one must respond to crisis with disciplined duty: investigate the disturbance, communicate clearly, and coordinate action with rightful leadership rather than acting blindly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that alarming cries and uproar are heard at the army’s front. He instructs a Pāñcāla heir to go toward the disturbance, while he himself goes to inform or meet Yudhiṣṭhira.