Shloka 49
Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra
Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ काम्बोजश्च सुदक्षिण: । बृहत्क्षत्रस्थ दायाद: सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथ:,राजन! उन रथियोंके नाम ये हैं--कोसलनरेश बृहदबल, मगधदेशीय जयत्सेन, शल्यके प्रतापी पुत्र रुक्मरथ, अवन्तिके राजकुमार विन्द और अनुविन्द, काम्बोजराज सुदक्षिण तथा बृहत्क्षत्रके पुत्र सिन्धुराज जयद्रथ
sañjaya uvāca |
vindānuvindāv āvantyau kāmbojaś ca sudakṣiṇaḥ |
bṛhatkṣatrastha dāyādaḥ saindhavaś ca jayadrathaḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—অৱন্তীৰ ৰাজকুমাৰ বিন্দ আৰু অনুবিন্দ, কাম্বোজৰাজ সুদক্ষিণ, আৰু বৃহৎক্ষত্রবংশৰ দায়াদ সৈন্ধৱ জয়দ্ৰথ—এয়াই (অন্য ৰথীয়) আছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as part of the war-roll call: it highlights how rulers and heirs, driven by alliance and inherited obligation, enter a destructive conflict—implying that power and lineage do not shield one from the moral and karmic costs of adharma and war.
Sanjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the names of notable Kaurava-aligned warriors present on the battlefield, specifically Vindā and Anuvindā of Avanti, Sudakṣiṇa of Kamboja, and Jayadratha of Sindhu (Saindhava), linked to the Bṛhatkṣatra lineage.