Shloka 101

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

एतानापतत: सर्वान्‌ द्रोणशल्यकृपै: सह

Transliteration

etān āpatataḥ sarvān droṇaśalyakṛpaiḥ saha

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Todos aquellos guerreros, arremetiendo al ataque—junto con Droṇa, Śalya y Kṛpa—avanzaron como uno solo».

Word by Word

• एतान्: these (men/ones)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आपततः: rushing/attacking
• आपततः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (आ + पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोण-शल्य-कृपैः: by Drona, Shalya, and Kripa
• द्रोण-शल्य-कृपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण / शल्य / कृप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Śalya
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights collective resolve in warfare: renowned leaders act in concert, showing how loyalty and coordinated force shape events. Ethically, it points to the Mahābhārata’s tension between personal duty to one’s side and the broader consequences of violent action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warriors are charging/attacking, accompanied by major Kaurava champions—Droṇa, Śalya, and Kṛpa—indicating a concentrated advance by the Kaurava force at this moment in the battle.