Shloka 943

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

अभ्यधावन्त सहिता: शल्यप्रभूतयो रथा: । रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ भीष्मको रथहीन हुआ देख शल्य आदि उत्तम महारथी एक साथ दौड़े

Transliteration

abhya-dhāvanta sahitāḥ śalya-prabhūtayo rathāḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya said: Then the chariots—led by Śalya and other foremost warriors—rushed forward together. Seeing Bhishma, the best of chariot-fighters, left without his chariot, they hastened as one to support and protect him.

Word by Word

• अभ्यधावन्: ran towards, charged
• अभ्यधावन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+धाव्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहिता: together, united
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शल्यप्रभूतयः: having Śalya as foremost/among them
• शल्यप्रभूतयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शल्यप्रभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथाः: chariots
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śalya
• chariots
• chariot-warriors (rathin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, duty includes solidarity and protection of one’s commander and elders; the warriors’ united rush to aid Bhīṣma highlights loyalty and the kṣatriya ethic of not abandoning a vulnerable leader.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma has become chariotless in the fighting. Seeing this, Śalya and other leading mahārathas advance together with their chariots to reach him quickly—implicitly to shield him, recover him, or re-establish his fighting position.