Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवमेतं महाव्यूहं व्यूह्यू भारत पाण्डवा: । सूर्योदये महाराज पुनर्युद्धाय दंशिता:,महाराज! भरतनन्दन! इस प्रकार उस महान्‌ मकरव्यूहकी रचना करके पाण्डव कवच बाँधकर सूर्योदयके समय पुनः युद्धके लिये तैयार हो गये

Transliteration

evam etaṃ mahāvyūhaṃ vyūhyaū bhārata pāṇḍavāḥ | sūryodaye mahārāja punar yuddhāya daṃśitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ainsi, ô Bhārata, après avoir disposé cette vaste formation, les Pāṇḍava—cuirassés et résolus—se tinrent de nouveau prêts au combat au lever du soleil, ô Roi.»

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

एतम्this (object)

महाव्यूहम्the great battle-array

व्यूह्यhaving arranged (in formation)

भारतO Bhārata

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

सूर्योदयेat sunrise

महाराजO great king

पुनःagain

युद्धायfor battle

दंशिताःarmoured, having put on armour

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Bhārata, Mahārāja)

Pāṇḍavas

mahāvyūha (great battle formation)

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 highlights disciplined readiness and steadfastness in one’s appointed duty: after arranging strategy (vyūha), the warriors re-enter action at the proper time, showing resolve without wavering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍavas have arranged a large battle formation and, at sunrise, put on armour and prepared to resume fighting.