Shloka 1

Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था

Devanagari script

ऑपनआ कराता बछ। 2 सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमो<्ध्याय: संजयद्दारा पाण्डवोंकी 32 कक तैयारीका वर्णन

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

kāṁs tatra sañjayāpaśyaḥ prītyartham samāgatān |

ye yotsyante pāṇḍavārthe putrasya mama vāhinīm ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, whom did you see gathered there, having come to please Yudhiṣṭhira—those kings who will fight, for the sake of the Pāṇḍavas, against the army of my son?”

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कान्: whom (which persons)
• कान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अपश्यः: did you see
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperfect, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीत्यर्थम्: for (the sake of) pleasure/satisfaction
• प्रीत्यर्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समागतान्: assembled, come together
• समागतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + गम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योत्स्यन्ते: will fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Future, 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• पाण्डवार्थे: for the sake of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवार्थे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army, host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas
• Duryodhana (implied by 'my son')
• Kaurava army (implied by 'my son’s army')
• Kings (rājānaḥ, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment and partiality shape perception: Dhṛtarāṣṭra frames the coming conflict as “my son’s army” versus those who support the Pāṇḍavas, revealing a moral blindness that precedes war—an ethical warning about letting familial loyalty override dharma and justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

On the eve of war preparations, Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about which rulers have assembled to support Yudhiṣṭhira and are prepared to fight for the Pāṇḍavas against the Kaurava forces.