Shloka 94

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

अथ सैन्यस्य मध्ये तु प्राक्रोशत्‌ पाण्डवाग्रज: । यो<स्मान्‌ वृणोति तमहं वरये साह्कारणात्‌

Transliteration

atha sainyasya madhye tu prākrośat pāṇḍavāgrajaḥ | yo ’smān vṛṇoti tam ahaṃ varaye sahakāraṇāt ||

Translation

ثم وقف أكبر البانْدَفَة في وسط الجيش وصاح بصوت عالٍ: «من يَختر أن ينضم إلى صفّنا، فإني أقبله وأختاره بدوري—حليفًا وسندًا.»

Word by Word

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

• सैन्यस्य: of the army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• प्राक्रोशत्: cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रुश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवाग्रजः: the elder brother of the Pāṇḍavas (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवाग्रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव-अग्रज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Plural

• वृणोति: chooses/accepts
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वरये: choose/accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरयति)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• कारणात्: for a reason / on account of
• कारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavāgraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pāṇḍavas
• the army (sainya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, leadership is expressed through open, accountable choice: Yudhiṣṭhira publicly invites voluntary alliance, framing support as a conscious ethical commitment rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, standing among the troops, calls out that anyone who chooses the Pāṇḍavas’ side will be accepted by him as an ally and helper.