Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ते त्वास्थाय रथान्‌ सर्वे बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदान्‌ । अभिष्नन्तो रथव्रातान्‌ सेनायोगाय निर्ययु:,वे सब लोग अनेक शस्त्र आदि सामग्रियोंसे सम्पन्न रथोंपर बैठकर शत्रुपक्षके रथियोंका संहार करनेके उद्देश्यसे सेना एकत्र करनेके लिये गये हैं

Transliteration

te tv āsthāya rathān sarve bahuśastra-paricchadān | abhiṣṇanto rathavrātān senāyogāya niryayuḥ ||

Translation

પછી તેઓ બધા અનેક શસ્ત્રો અને સામગ્રીથી સજ્જ રથોમાં આરૂઢ થયા. શત્રુપક્ષના રથિયોના સમૂહનો સંહાર કરવાનો અભિપ્રાય રાખીને તેઓ સેનાનું સંકલન અને ગોઠવણી કરવા નીકળી પડ્યા.

Word by Word

तेthey (those men)

तुbut/indeed

आस्थायhaving mounted/ascended

रथान्chariots

सर्वेall

बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदान्furnished with many weapons and equipment

अभिष्नन्तःsmiting/attacking

रथव्रातान्masses/hosts of chariots (chariot-troops)

सेनायोगायfor the mustering/arraying of the army

निर्ययुःwent forth/departed

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

ratha (chariots)

śastra (weapons)

senā (army)

rathavrāta (host of chariot-warriors)

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 the momentum of conflict: once leaders choose hostility, resources and people are rapidly organized toward violence. Ethically, it underscores how intention (to destroy the enemy’s warriors) shapes collective action, foreshadowing the consequences of adharma-driven ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana reports that the warriors have mounted fully equipped chariots and gone out to gather and arrange the army, aiming to attack and destroy the opposing chariot-warriors.