Shloka 2

Devanagari script

महत्या सेनया युक्तो दुर्योधनमुपागमत्‌ | राक्षसानां विरूपाणां सहस्रै: परिवारित:,वह सहस्रों विकराल रूपवाले राक्षसोंसे घिरकर अपनी विशाल सेनाके साथ दुर्योधनके पास आया

Transliteration

mahatyā senayā yukto duryodhanam upāgamat | rākṣasānāṁ virūpāṇāṁ sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Accompanied by a vast army, and surrounded by thousands of grotesque, misshapen rākṣasas, he approached Duryodhana. The scene shows how the war draws in ever more fearsome and unruly forces, intensifying the peril and moral darkness of the conflict.

Word by Word

महत्याwith great (…)

सेनयाarmy

युक्तःjoined/attended (with), accompanied

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana

उपागमत्approached/went to

राक्षसानाम्of the Rakshasas

विरूपाणाम्misshapen/terrible-formed

सहस्रैःby thousands

परिवारितःsurrounded/encircled

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Rākṣasas

Army (senā)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how choices in war can attract and empower increasingly violent, unrighteous forces; aligning with such forces may bring tactical strength but deepens moral peril and disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

A figure (implied from context) arrives to meet Duryodhana, coming with a large army and escorted by thousands of terrifying rākṣasas, signaling reinforcement and a grim intensification of the battle situation.