Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पज्चाला: सृञ्जयाश्वैव वाजिन: परमद्दधिपा:

Transliteration

Pañcālāḥ Sṛñjayāś caiva vājināḥ paramaddhipāḥ.

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Die Pañcālas und die Sṛñjayas—zusammen mit ihren vorzüglichsten Reitern, den erhabenen Herren des Landes—standen in geordneter Schlachtaufstellung, und so trat die organisierte Macht und der feste Entschluss der den Pāṇḍavas zugewandten Heere mitten in der moralischen und politischen Krise des Krieges hervor.

Word by Word

पाञ्चालाःthe Panchalas

सृञ्जयाःthe Sṛñjayas

चand

एवindeed/just

वाजिनःhorsemen/cavalry (lit. riders of horses)

परमsupreme/excellent

दधिपाःlords/masters (protectors)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pañcālas

Sṛñjayas

vājināḥ (cavalry/horsemen)

adhipāḥ (chiefs/lords)

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 collective responsibility and disciplined leadership in war: clans and their chiefs act as organized units, reflecting the kṣatriya ideal of coordinated duty under rightful commanders, even amid ethically fraught conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the presence/array of the Pañcālas and Sṛñjayas along with their leading cavalry and chiefs, marking the mustering and positioning of key Pāṇḍava-aligned forces during the Drona Parva battle sequence.