Shloka 11
Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)
गान्धारा: शकुना: प्राच्या: पर्वतीया वसातय: । पृष्ठभागमें कलिंग, अम्बष्ठ, मगध, पौण्ड्र, मद्रक, गन्धार, शकुन, पूर्वदेश, पर्वतीय प्रदेश और वसाति आदि देशोंके वीर थे || १० $ ।। पुच्छे वैकर्तन: कर्ण: सपुत्रज्ञातिबान्धव:
gāndhārāḥ śakunāḥ prācyāḥ parvatīyā vasātayaḥ | pṛṣṭhabhāge me kaliṅgā ambaṣṭhā magadhā pauṇḍrā madrakā gāndhārāḥ śakunāḥ pūrvadeśāḥ parvatīyapradeśāś ca vasātayaś ca deśānāṃ vīrā āsan ||
গান্ধাৰ, শকুন, প্ৰাচ্যদেশ, পৰ্বতাঞ্চল আৰু বসাতি জনপদৰ বীৰসকল তাত উপস্থিত আছিল। আৰু পশ্চাৎভাগত কলিঙ্গ, অম্বষ্ঠ, মগধ, পৌণ্ড্ৰ, মদ্ৰক—পুনৰ গান্ধাৰ আৰু শকুন—তথা প্ৰাচ্যদেশ, পৰ্বতবাসী আৰু বসাতি জনৰ শূৰযোদ্ধাসকল অৱস্থান কৰিছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a dynastic struggle expands into a pan-regional war: entire peoples become implicated through allegiance and political obligation. Ethically, it points to the far-reaching social cost of adharma-driven conflict—its burden is not confined to the principal antagonists.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the composition and placement of forces, listing various regional contingents and noting that many of these warriors were positioned in the rear (pṛṣṭhabhāga) of the formation.