Shloka 100

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्व धृष्टद्ुम्नश्व॒ पार्षत:

Transliteration

sātyakir bhīmasenaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ

Translation

قال سنجيا: وكان ساتيَكي، وبهيمسينا، ودهريشتاديومنَ—ابن بارشاتا (دروبادا)—[حاضرين/متقدّمين]، وقد ذُكروا في عداد أبرَز المحاربين في مجرى المعركة.

Word by Word

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पार्षतः: Pārṣata (son of Pṛṣata / Drupada)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sātyaki
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pārṣata (Drupada)
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a martial roll-call, highlighting how named leaders embody kṣatriya responsibility—standing with their side and taking up command and combat as part of their pledged duty in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is enumerating key Pāṇḍava-aligned warriors present/engaged in the battle, specifically mentioning Sātyaki, Bhīma, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (identified by his patronymic connection to Drupada).