Shloka 28
Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)
Devanagari script
ये च सौवीरका योधास्तथा सैन्धवपौरवा:
Transliteration
ye ca sauvīrakā yodhās tathā saindhavapauravāḥ
Translation
Sañjaya said: “And those warriors of the Sauvīra country, as well as the Saindhavas and the Pauravas…”
Word by Word
येwho/which (those)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सौवीरकाःthe Souvīrakas (people of Souvīra)
सौवीरकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसौवीरक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
योधाःwarriors
योधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सैन्धवSindhu-country (Sindhava) / of the Sindhus
सैन्धव:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसैन्धव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पौरवाःthe Pauravas (descendants of Pūru)
पौरवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपौरव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sanjaya)स
सौवीरकाः (Sauvīrakas)स
सैन्धवाः (Saindhavas)प
पौरवाः (Pauravas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
This line functions less as a moral maxim and more as a narrative device: by naming multiple regional groups, the text underscores how a dynastic struggle expands into a wide-ranging war that draws many peoples into shared responsibility and consequence.
Sanjaya is enumerating the warriors/contingents present—specifically mentioning fighters from Sauvīra, along with the Saindhavas and the Pauravas—continuing a catalogue of forces engaged in the Drona Parva battle context.