Mahabharata 9.5.4 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 5, Shloka 4

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमद्याभारत शल्यपर्वमें कृपाचार्यका वचनविषयक चौथा अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

gāhamānam anīkāni yudhyamānaṁ mahārathaiḥ | pāṇḍavair ati-tejobhir lokaḥ tvām anudarśitavān ||

Translation

Sanjaya sprach: „Die Menschen haben dich wiederholt gesehen, wie du in die feindlichen Schlachtordnungen eindringst und dort gegen die überaus strahlenden großen Wagenkämpfer der Pāṇḍavas kämpfst.“ Die Zeile betont: Tapferkeit im Krieg ist nicht bloß Behauptung, sondern vor vielen Augen erwiesen; und der ethische Ruf in einem Dharma-Krieg wird durch sichtbares Handeln inmitten der Gefahr geprägt.

Word by Word

• गाहमानम्: entering/plunging into
• गाहमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गाह्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनीकानि: armies, battle-formations
• अनीकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• युध्यमानम्: fighting
• युध्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथैः: with great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अतितेजोभिः: with exceedingly brilliant (ones)
• अतितेजोभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतितेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• लोकः: the people, everyone
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुदृष्टवान्: has repeatedly seen
• अनुदृष्टवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्तवतु (परिपूर्ण भूत), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• anīkāni (battle-formations/armies)
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a dharma-framed war narrative, true valor and duty are established through observable action: the public repeatedly witnesses the warrior entering enemy formations and standing firm against formidable opponents, making reputation a matter of demonstrated conduct rather than mere assertion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warrior addressed has been seen again and again charging into hostile battle-arrays and fighting the brilliant Pāṇḍava champions—an affirmation of intense frontline engagement against elite adversaries.