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Shloka 27

Bhīṣma-parva Adhyāya 16 — Saṃjaya’s Boon, Bhīṣma’s Protection, and the Dawn Arraying of Armies

नैव नस्तादृशो राजन दृष्टपूर्वो न च श्रुत: । अनीकानां समेतानां कौरवाणां तथाविध:,राजन्‌! कौरवोंकी इतनी बड़ी सेनाका वैसा संगठन मैंने पहले कभी न तो देखा था और नसुना ही था

naiva nas tādṛśo rājan dṛṣṭapūrvo na ca śrutaḥ | anīkānāṁ sametānāṁ kauravāṇāṁ tathāvidhaḥ ||

Sañjaya sagte: O König, niemals zuvor habe ich eine solche Aufstellung gesehen—und nicht einmal davon gehört. Die Kaurava-Heere, in vielen Abteilungen versammelt, waren in einer ebenso furchteinflößenden wie geordneten Formation aufgestellt. Diese Bemerkung hebt die außergewöhnliche Größe und Disziplin des Heeres hervor und deutet auf das schwere ethische Gewicht eines Krieges, in dem solche Macht aufgeboten wird.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नःof us/our
नः:
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
तादृशःsuch (of that kind)
तादृशः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दृष्टपूर्वःseen before/previously witnessed
दृष्टपूर्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदृष्टपूर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
श्रुतःheard (of)
श्रुतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनीकानाम्of the divisions/armies
अनीकानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअनीक
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
समेतानाम्assembled/together
समेतानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमेत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
कौरवाणाम्of the Kauravas
कौरवाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
विधःarranged/constituted (of such a manner)
विधः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
K
Kauravas
K
Kaurava army (anīkas)

Educational Q&A

The verse does not give a direct moral injunction, but it frames the ethical gravity of the coming conflict by emphasizing the unprecedented scale and disciplined organization of the Kaurava host—suggesting how immense power, once mobilized, magnifies the consequences of adharma and the suffering of war.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra about the battlefield preparations, expressing astonishment that he has never seen or heard of such a massive, well-organized deployment of the assembled Kaurava divisions.