Shloka 63

दुर्योधन–द्रोणसंवादः

Arjuna-vīrya-prasaṃśā and renewed battle formation

Devanagari script

एते स्थास्यन्ति संग्रामे पाण्डवानां वधार्थिन: । जयमाकाड्क्षमाणा हि कौरवेयस्य दंशिता:,“ये वीरगण कुरुराज दुर्योधनकी जय चाहते हुए पाण्डवोंके वधकी इच्छासे संग्राममें कवच बाँधकर डट जायाँगे

Transliteration

ete sthāsyanti saṅgrāme pāṇḍavānāṃ vadhārthinaḥ | jayam ākāṅkṣamāṇā hi kauraveyasya daṃśitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Diese Krieger werden in der Schlacht standhaft stehen, auf die Vernichtung der Pāṇḍavas bedacht. Denn nach dem Sieg für den Kaurava-Prinzen verlangend, werden sie voll gerüstet und unbeugsam entschlossen sein.“

Word by Word

एतेthese (men)

स्थास्यन्तिwill stand / will remain firm

संग्रामेin battle

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas

वधार्थिनःdesiring the killing

जयम्victory

आकाङ्क्षमाणाःdesiring / longing for

हिindeed / for

कौरवेयस्यof/for the Kaurava prince (Duryodhana)

दंशिताःarmoured / having put on armour (girt for battle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Kaurava prince (Duryodhana)

battle/saṅgrāma

armour (kavaca implied by daṃśitāḥ)

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 how desire for victory and factional loyalty can harden into a deliberate will to kill. Ethically, it frames war not as a neutral event but as driven by intention (ākāṅkṣā) and resolve (sthāsyanti), reminding the reader that moral weight lies in motives as much as in actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that certain Kaurava-aligned warriors will take their positions in the battlefield, fully prepared and armoured, with the explicit aim of killing the Pāṇḍavas and securing victory for Duryodhana.