Shloka 3

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

सैन्धवं च महेष्वासं सामात्यं सह बन्धुभि: । प्राच्यांश्व दाक्षिणात्यांश्व भूमिपान्‌ भूमिपर्षभ

Transliteration

saindhavaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ sāmātyaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ | prācyāṃś ca dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca bhūmipān bhūmiparṣabha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “And the Saindhava prince—an archer of great prowess—together with his ministers and kinsmen, and also the kings from the eastern and southern regions, O bull among kings.”

Word by Word

• सैन्धवम्: the Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महेष्वासम्: the great archer
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सामात्यम्: together with his ministers
• सामात्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• बन्धुभिः: with (his) kinsmen
• बन्धुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्राच्यान्: eastern
• प्राच्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दाक्षिणात्यान्: southern
• दाक्षिणात्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाक्षिणात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भूमिपान्: kings (protectors of the earth)
• भूमिपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भूमिपर्षभ: O bull among kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• ministers (amātya)
• kinsmen/relatives (bandhu)
• eastern kings (prācya-bhūmipa)
• southern kings (dākṣiṇātya-bhūmipa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the political and ethical reality of war in the Mahābhārata: conflicts are sustained not only by individual heroes but by networks of allies—kinsmen, ministers, and regional rulers—showing how kingship and counsel (amātya) shape collective responsibility in dharma and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues a battlefield report by listing prominent participants and supporting rulers: the Saindhava king (Jayadratha), described as a mighty archer, along with his ministers and relatives, and additional kings from eastern and southern regions.