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Shloka 256

सैन्यसंनिवेशः (Sainyasaṃniveśaḥ) — Deployment, Omens, and Yuddha-Dharma Conventions

तेन सेनासमूहेन समानीतेन कौरवै: । कौरवोंद्वारा संग्रह करके वहाँ लाये हुए उस सैन्यसमूहद्वारा सारी पृथ्वी नवयुवकोंसे सूनी-सी हो रही थी। सर्वत्र केवल बालक और बूढ़े ही शेष रह गये थे। सारी वसुधा घोड़े, हाथी, रथ और तरुण पुरुषोंसे हीन-सी हो गयी थी

tena senāsamūhena samānītena kauravaiḥ |

কৌৰৱসকলে একত্ৰ কৰি তাত লৈ অহা সেই বৃহৎ সেনাসমূহৰ ফলত পৃথিৱী যেন নবযুৱকসকলৰ পৰা শূন্য হৈ পৰিল। সকলো ঠাইতে কেৱল বালক আৰু বৃদ্ধসকলেই অৱশিষ্ট ৰ’ল। অশ্ব, হস্তী, ৰথ আৰু তৰুণ পুৰুষবিহীন হৈ বসুন্ধৰা যেন নিৰ্জীৱ দেখা গ’ল।

तेनby that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
सेना-समूहेनby the mass of the army
सेना-समूहेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसेनासमूह
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
समानीतेनbrought/assembled
समानीतेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-नी
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
कौरवैःby the Kauravas
कौरवैः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

वैशग्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
K
Kauravas
A
army host (senāsamūha)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the ethical and social cost of war: when rulers mobilize vast armies, the land is stripped of its young and able, leaving only the very young and the old—an implicit warning that even ‘duty-bound’ warfare carries grave collective consequences.

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the Kauravas’ massive mobilization: their assembled host is so extensive that it makes the earth seem emptied of youth, as men and resources (horses, elephants, chariots) have been drawn into the coming Kurukṣetra conflict.