Mahabharata 7.32.7463 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 7463

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

संयुक्ता: समदृश्यन्त पत्तयश्चापि पत्तिभि: । घोड़ोंसे घोड़े, हाथियोंसे हाथी, रथियोंसे रथी और पैदलोंसे पैदल जूझते दिखायी दे रहे थे

Transliteration

saṁyuktāḥ samadṛśyanta pattayaś cāpi pattibhiḥ |

Translation

قال سنجيا: شوهد المشاة ملتحمين في قتالٍ قريب مع مشاةٍ مثلهم. وعلى امتداد الميدان كان الشبيه يلاقي الشبيه—فرسٌ بفرس، وفيلٌ بفيل، ومحاربُ العربة بمحاربِ العربة—في نظامٍ كئيبٍ للحرب، حيث يلقى كلُّ صنفٍ قرينَه في صراعٍ وجهاً لوجه لا يعرف هوادة.

Word by Word

• संयुक्ताः: engaged, joined in combat
• संयुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समदृश्यन्त: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• पत्तयः: foot-soldiers
• पत्तयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पत्तिभिः: by/with foot-soldiers
• पत्तिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• foot-soldiers (pattayaḥ)
• horses
• elephants
• chariot-warriors (rathin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark, organized reality of war: combatants meet their counterparts in direct confrontation. Ethically, it highlights the kṣatriya battlefield context where duty and violence coexist, while Sañjaya’s neutral reporting invites reflection on the cost and inevitability of such ordered slaughter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battle scene: infantry are visibly engaged with infantry, and by extension the battlefield shows matched engagements—horse against horse, elephant against elephant, chariot-warrior against chariot-warrior—indicating intense, close-quarters fighting.