Shloka 22

Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements

Devanagari script

जिस समय ये दसों महारथी क्रोधमें भरकर अत्यन्त भयंकर युद्धमें लगे हुए थे, उस समय आपकी और पाण्डवोंकी सेनाके दूसरे रथी दर्शक होकर देखते थे ।। शस्त्राण्यनेकरूपाणि विसृजन्तो महारथा: । अन्योन्यमभिनर्दन्त: सम्प्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे,किंतु आपके और पाण्डवोंके वे महारथी वीर एक-दूसरेपर अनेक प्रकारके अस्त्र- शस्त्रोंकी वर्षा करते हुए गर्जते और युद्ध करते थे

Transliteration

śastrāṇy anekarūpāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ | anyonyam abhinardantaḥ samprahāraṃ pracakrire ||

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—সেই মহাৰথীসকলে নানাবিধ শস্ত্ৰ নিক্ষেপ কৰি, পৰস্পৰক গর্জন কৰি, যুদ্ধক সম্পূৰ্ণ ৰূপে আৰম্ভ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

शस्त्राणिweapons

अनेक-रूपाणिof many kinds/forms

विसृजन्तःhurling/letting fly

महा-रथाःgreat chariot-warriors

अन्योन्यम्each other / mutually

अभि-नर्दन्तःroaring at (one another)

सम्-प्रहारम्combat / clash

प्र-चक्रिरेthey engaged in / they set in motion (began)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mahārathas

śastra (weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the kṣatriya world of duty and prowess: battle is portrayed as a disciplined, mutual contest of elite warriors, where courage and resolve are tested amid violent means. Ethically, it frames war as an enacted obligation and consequence of prior choices, rather than mere spectacle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield moment when the great chariot-warriors engage directly—launching diverse weapons, shouting battle-cries, and initiating a full-scale clash with one another.