Shloka 13
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
पार्थिवानां समेतानां बहून्यासन् नरोत्तम | तदबले पाण्डवानां च सहस्राणि शतानि च,नरश्रेष्ठ आपकी और पाण्डवोंकी सेनाओंमें सब ओरसे एकत्र हुए भूमिपालोंके सैकड़ों और हजारों दल थे
sañjaya uvāca |
pārthivānāṃ sametānāṃ bahūny āsan narottama |
tad-bale pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca ||
Sanjaya said: O best of men, on all sides there were many contingents of assembled kings; and within that host, the Pandavas’ forces too stood in hundreds and in thousands. The scene conveys the vast, many-ruler coalition drawn into the war, where personal loyalties and royal duty converge into a single, overwhelming battlefield reality.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war draws together many kings and vast forces, highlighting the weight of kshatriya obligations and political alliances; it implicitly invites reflection on the ethical burden created when royal duty and ambition mobilize entire peoples into conflict.
Sanjaya describes to the listener the immense mustering of troops: numerous contingents of kings have assembled, and the Pandavas’ forces within that broader battlefield setting are counted in hundreds and thousands, emphasizing the magnitude of the engagement.