Shloka 14

पज्चालाक्ष महावीर्या: शिखण्डी च महारथ: । *धृष्टद्युम्न, सात्यकि, द्रौपदीके सभी पुत्र, महापराक्रमी पांचाल और महारथी शिखण्डी --ये सब कहाँ हैं?' ।। एवं तान्‌ वादिन: शूरान्‌ द्रौपदेया महारथा:

Pañcālāś ca mahāvīryāḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumno sātyakiś ca draupadeyā mahārathāḥ ||

قال سانجيا: «أين أولئك الأبطال العظام من أهل البَنْچالا—شيخَنْدي، المَهارَثَة (فارس العربة العظيم)؛ ودهْرِشْتَديومْنَ؛ وساتْيَكي؛ والدراوبديّون (Draupadeya)، فرسان العربات العظام، أبناء دروبدي؟» وهكذا يذكر أولئك الشجعان—أبناء دروبدي—مُبرزًا مرارةَ الشكّ وثِقَلَ الحرب الأخلاقي، حيث قد يختفي حتى أشهر الأبطال في فوضى القتال وحُكم القدر.

पाञ्चालाःthe Panchalas
पाञ्चालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महावीर्याःof great valor
महावीर्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहावीर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शिखण्डीShikhandi
शिखण्डी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखण्डिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महारथःthe great chariot-warrior
महारथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वादिनःspeakers, utterers
वादिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवादिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शूरान्heroes
शूरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशूर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
द्रौपदेयाःthe sons of Draupadi
द्रौपदेयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौपदेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महारथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
P
Pañcālas
Ś
Śikhaṇḍī
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
S
Sātyaki
D
Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)
D
Draupadī

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the fragility of worldly power and reputation in the face of war and destiny: even the greatest heroes can be suddenly unaccounted for. Ethically, it points to the sorrowful cost of conflict and the uncertainty that follows when dharma is tested on the battlefield.

Sañjaya reports an anxious inquiry about the whereabouts of key Pāṇḍava-aligned warriors—Pañcāla champions like Śikhaṇḍī and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the ally Sātyaki, and Draupadī’s sons—suggesting confusion and concern amid the intense fighting of the Śalya Parva.