Shloka 8

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

युयुधानप्रभृतयो माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ | ते समेत्य सुसंरब्धा: सहिता: पुरुषर्षभा:,सात्यकि आदि महार॒थी तथा पाण्डुकुमार माद्रीपुत्र नकुल-सहदेव--ये सभी पुरुषश्रेष्ठ वीर परस्पर मिलकर एक साथ अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरकर बड़े-बड़े धनुर्धरोंसे सुरक्षित हो द्रोणाचार्यकी सेनाको विदीर्ण कर डालनेकी इच्छासे उसपर टूट पड़े। वे भीम आदि सभी महारथी अत्यन्त पराक्रमी थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yuyudhāna-prabhṛtayo mādrī-putrau ca pāṇḍavau | te sametya su-saṃrabdhāḥ sahitāḥ puruṣa-ṛṣabhāḥ |

Translation

قال سنجيا: يتقدّمهم يويودhana (ساتياكي)، ومعه ابنا مادري من بين الباندافا (ناكولا وسهاديفا)، اجتمع أولئك الأبطال، ثيران الرجال. متّحدين ومتأجّجين غضبًا، اندفعوا بعزمٍ على شقّ صفّ درونا القتالي—صورةٌ لبأسٍ جماعي تحرّكه الوفاء لقضيتهم وأخلاق الحرب الكئيبة، حيث تُطلب النيّة العادلة بوسائل عنيفة.

Word by Word

• युयुधान: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधान: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभृतयः: and others beginning with (him)
• प्रभृतयः: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Used as indeclinable in the sense 'beginning with, etc.'; here appears in a nominative-plural-like form by usage with a group

• माद्रीपुत्रौ: the two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• समेत्य: having come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत्य
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• सुसंरब्धाः: highly enraged / fiercely excited
• सुसंरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंरब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + रभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहिताः: together / united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सह + इ/धा-भाव)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषर्षभाः: bulls among men / best of men
• पुरुषर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Mādrī
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Pāṇḍavas
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined unity among warriors: when leaders and allies act in concert, their resolve becomes formidable. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension—pursuit of a perceived righteous aim (dharma) still unfolds through the harsh instruments of war, demanding self-control even amid anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna) and the twin Pāṇḍavas Nakula and Sahadeva assembling with other heroes, united and inflamed with battle-fury, and charging with the intention of breaking into Droṇa’s forces/battle-array.