Shloka 39

Devanagari script

चेकितान: शिखण्डी च द्रौपदेयाश्ष॒ मारिष

Transliteration

cekitānaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca draupadeyāś ca māriṣa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Cekitāna, Śikhaṇḍī, and the sons of Draupadī as well, O venerable one.”

Word by Word

• चेकितानः: Chekitāna (a warrior)
• चेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Śikhaṇḍī (a warrior)
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्रौपदेयाः: the sons of Draupadī (Draupadeyas)
• द्रौपदेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मारिष: O noble one / O sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cekitāna
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)
• Draupadī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how the epic frames war through named individuals and lineages: responsibility and consequence are carried by identifiable persons, not anonymous forces, reminding the listener that dharma in conflict is judged through the conduct of particular warriors and their loyalties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is listing notable Pāṇḍava-side fighters present or engaged in the battle context—Cekitāna, Śikhaṇḍī, and Draupadī’s sons—addressing the listener respectfully as “māriṣa.”