Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तदनन्तरमेवासीन्नीलो नीलायुथै: सह । नीलादनन्तरश्वैव धृष्टकेतुर्महाबल:,उनके बाद नील आयुधधारी सैनिकोंके साथ राजा नील और नीलके बाद महाबली धृष्टकेतु खड़े हुए

Transliteration

tadanantaram evāsīn nīlo nīlāyudhaiḥ saha | nīlād anantaraś caiva dhṛṣṭaketūr mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

তার পরেই নীল-আয়ুধধারী সৈন্যদের সঙ্গে রাজা নীল অবস্থান করলেন; এবং নীলের পরে মহাবলী ধৃষ্টকেতুও প্রস্তুত হয়ে দাঁড়ালেন।

Word by Word

तत्then/that

अनन्तरम्immediately after

एवindeed/just

आसीत्was/stood

नीलःNila (proper name)

नीलायुधैःwith blue weapons / with Nila's weapons (i.e., armed troops)

सहtogether with

नीलात्after Nila / from Nila

अनन्तरःnext/immediately following

चand

एवindeed/just

धृष्टकेतुःDhrishtaketu (proper name)

महाबलःmighty/very strong

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Nīla

Dhṛṣṭaketu

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 highlights disciplined sequencing and readiness in a collective endeavor: leaders take their appointed places with their forces, reflecting order, responsibility, and resolve—qualities expected in kṣatriya conduct on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues describing the arrangement of warriors: after the preceding fighters, King Nīla stands with his contingent, and immediately after him the powerful Dhṛṣṭaketu takes position, indicating the ongoing mustering of troops before battle.