Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अभिदुद्रुवतुर्हष्टी तव सैन्यं विशाम्पते । यथा दैत्यचमूं राजन्निन्द्रोपेन्द्राविवामरी,प्रजानाथ! जैसे इन्द्रदेव और उपेन्द्रदेव दैत्योंकी सेनाको मार भगाते हैं, उसी प्रकार नकुल-सहदेव हर्षमें भरकर आपकी सेनाको खदेड़ने लगे

Transliteration

abhidudruvatur harṣṭī tava sainyaṃ viśāmpate | yathā daityacamūṃ rājann indropendrāv ivāmarī ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Oh señor de los pueblos, Nakula y Sahadeva, exultantes, se lanzaron de frente contra tu ejército. Así como Indra y Upendra desbaratan la hueste de los Daityas, así aquellos héroes hicieron retroceder a tus fuerzas.

Word by Word

अभिtowards, against

दुद्रुवतुःthey two ran / rushed

हृष्टौdelighted, exhilarated (the two)

तवyour

सैन्यम्army

विशाम्of the people / clans

पतेO lord

यथाas, just as

दैत्यof the Daityas (demons)

चमूम्army, host

राजन्O king

इन्द्रIndra

उपेन्द्रौIndra and Upendra (Vishnu) (the two)

इवlike, as if

अमरीthe immortal host / the army of the gods

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Nakula

Sahadeva

Indra

Upendra (Viṣṇu)

Daityas

Kaurava army (tava sainyam)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how martial excellence and morale can appear 'godlike' through epic simile: human warriors, acting within kṣatriya-dharma, may be portrayed as instruments of a larger cosmic order, even amid the ethically fraught violence of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Nakula and Sahadeva, filled with exhilaration, rush upon and drive back the king’s army, compared to Indra and Upendra scattering the Daityas’ forces.