Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भोजानीकेन शिष्टेन कलिकड्जारट्टबाह्लिकै: । कृतवर्मा वृतो राजन्‌ प्रायात्‌ सुजवनै्हयै:,राजन्‌! कृतवर्मा भी भोजवंशियोंकी अवशिष्ट सेना तथा कलिंग, अरट्ट और बाह्लिकोंकी विशाल वाहिनी साथ ले अत्यन्त वेगशाली घोड़ोंसे जुते हुए रथके द्वारा भाग निकला

Transliteration

bhojānīkena śiṣṭena kaliṅgāraṭṭabāhlikaiḥ | kṛtavarmā vṛto rājan prāyāt sujavanhayaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, Kṛtavarmā, surrounded by the remaining Bhoja troops and by the forces of the Kaliṅgas, the Araṭṭas, and the Bāhlikas, withdrew swiftly—fleeing in a chariot yoked with exceedingly fast horses.

Word by Word

भोजानीकेनby/with the Bhoja army

शिष्टेनremaining, left over

कलिङ्गwith the Kalingas

अरट्टwith the Arattas

बाह्लिकैःwith the Bahlīkas

कृतवर्माKṛtavarmā

वृतःsurrounded/attended (having been surrounded)

राजन्O king

प्रायात्went forth, departed

सुजवनैःwith very swift (ones)

हयैःwith horses

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Kṛtavarmā

Bhoja troops

Kaliṅgas

Araṭṭas

Bāhlikas

chariot

horses

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 a wartime ethical tension: when an army collapses, a warrior may choose tactical withdrawal to preserve life and regroup, yet such flight also reflects the disintegration of collective duty and the heavy cost of adharma-driven conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛtavarmā, accompanied by the remaining Bhoja soldiers and allied contingents (Kaliṅga, Araṭṭa, Bāhlika), departs rapidly in a chariot drawn by very swift horses—effectively escaping from the battlefield situation.