Shloka 5

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements

Devanagari script

जयत्सेन: सुजातश्च तथा दुर्विषहोडरिहा । दुर्विमोचननामा च दुष्प्रधर्षस्तथैव च

Transliteration

jayatsenaḥ sujātaś ca tathā durviṣaho ḍarihā | durvimocananāmā ca duṣpradharṣas tathaiva ca

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Jayatsena, Sujāta, Durviṣaha, Ḍarihā, einer namens Durvimocana, und ebenso Duṣpradharṣa“ — so setzt er im Shalya-Parva die Namensliste der Kämpfer fort und betont, wie der Krieg viele benannte Streiter in sich hineinzieht, deren persönliche Tapferkeit gezählt wird, während der große Konflikt unaufhaltsam der Vernichtung entgegengeht.

Word by Word

जयत्सेनःJayatsena (name; 'having victorious army')

सुजातःwell-born

चand

तथाalso; likewise

दुर्विषहःhard to withstand; formidable

उदरिहाUdarīhā (name)

दुर्विमोचननामाone named Durvimocana

चand

दुष्प्रधर्षःDuṣpradharṣa (name; 'hard to assail')

तथाalso; likewise

एवindeed; just

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

ज

जयत्सेन (Jayatsena)

स

सुजात (Sujāta)

द

दुर्विषह (Durviṣaha)

ड

डरिहा (Ḍarihā)

द

दुर्विमोचन (Durvimocana)

द

दुष्प्रधर्ष (Duṣpradharṣa)

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 functions as a sober reminder of the war’s vast human scope: many individuals—each with a name and reputation—are drawn into adharma-driven conflict, where personal prowess is recorded even as the collective outcome is ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues enumerating warriors present in the Shalya Parva’s battle context, listing several fighters by name as part of a larger roll-call describing the forces engaged.