Shloka 31
पज्चाला: सृञ्जयाश्वैव वाजिन: परमद्दधिपा:
Pañcālāḥ Sṛñjayāś caiva vājināḥ paramaddhipāḥ.
Sañjaya said: The Pañcālas and the Sṛñjayas—together with their foremost horsemen, the supreme lords of the land—stood arrayed in ordered ranks, proclaiming the disciplined strength and steadfast resolve of the forces aligned with the Pāṇḍavas amid the war’s moral and political crisis.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights collective responsibility and disciplined leadership in war: clans and their chiefs act as organized units, reflecting the kṣatriya ideal of coordinated duty under rightful commanders, even amid ethically fraught conflict.
Sañjaya reports the presence/array of the Pañcālas and Sṛñjayas along with their leading cavalry and chiefs, marking the mustering and positioning of key Pāṇḍava-aligned forces during the Drona Parva battle sequence.