Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: कर्णेन पाण्डवेयास्ततस्तत:

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ karṇena pāṇḍaveyās tatastataḥ

Translation

三阇耶说道：“当迦尔那击杀他们之时，般度诸子在战场上此处彼处不断倒下——在他猛攻的压力下四散零落，战斗的暴烈淹没了他们的阵列。”

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain / being killed
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवेयाः: the sons/men of the Pandavas (Pandava warriors)
• पाण्डवेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the grim ethical tension of war: even within kṣatriya-dharma, battlefield success is measured in destruction, and heroic prowess brings widespread suffering. It invites reflection on the cost of victory and the dispersal of order when violence dominates.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa is powerfully attacking, and the Pāṇḍava forces are being cut down in many places, indicating a moment of tactical advantage and battlefield chaos caused by Karṇa’s onslaught.