Shloka 7
भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-प्रहारः तथा घटोत्कचमायाप्रादुर्भावः | Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Clash and the Manifestation of Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā
ततो5नन्तरमेवासीद् भारद्वाज: प्रतापवान् | पुलिन्दै: पारदैश्वैव तथा क्षुद्रकमालवै:,उनके पीछे पुलिन्द, पारद, क्षुद्रक तथा मालवदेशीय वीरोंके साथ प्रतापी द्रोणाचार्य थे
tato 'nantaram evāsīd bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | pulindaiḥ pāradaiś caiva tathā kṣudrakamālavāḥ ||
પછી તરત જ પુલિંદ, પારદ, ક્ષુદ્રક અને માલવ વીરોથી ઘેરાયેલા પ્રતાપી ભારદ્વાજપુત્ર દ્રોણાચાર્ય આવ્યા।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war mobilizes not only famed commanders but also many regional communities, widening the ethical stakes: collective participation in adharma-driven conflict can entangle entire peoples, not just kings and heroes.
Sanjaya continues listing the Kaurava forces in sequence: after the previously mentioned warriors, Droṇa—identified by his lineage as Bhāradvāja—appears next, accompanied by contingents of Pulindas, Pāradas, Kṣudrakas, and Mālavas.