Shloka 7
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
सुनामा रणविक्रान्त: समग्राक्षीहिणीपति: । भोजराजस्य मध्यस्थो भ्राता कंसस्य वीर्यवान्
sunāmā raṇavikrāntaḥ samagrākṣīhiṇīpatiḥ | bhojarājasya madhyastho bhrātā kaṁsasya vīryavān ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—সুনামা নামৰ এজন যোদ্ধা ৰণত অতি বিক্ৰান্ত আছিল; তেওঁ সমগ্ৰ অক্ষৌহিণী সেনাৰ অধিপতি, ভোজৰাজৰ বিশ্বস্ত মধ্যস্থ, আৰু কংসৰ বীৰ্যবান ভ্ৰাতা আছিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial power is intertwined with political roles and kinship: a warrior is identified not only by battlefield valor and command, but also by diplomatic position (madhyastha) and family ties, which shape loyalties and responsibilities in dharma-bound conflict.
Vaiśampāyana introduces or identifies the warrior Sunāmā by listing his credentials—his battle prowess, his command over a full akṣauhiṇī, his role as an intermediary connected to the Bhoja king, and his relation as Kaṁsa’s brother—situating him within the war’s network of leaders and affiliations.