Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ते पर्वतीया राजान: सर्वे पाषाणयोधिन: । अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयं राजानमिव मन्त्रिण:,जैसे मन्त्री राजाके पास जाते हैं, उसी प्रकार वे पाषाणयोधी समस्त पर्वतीय नरेश सात्यकिकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

te parvatīyā rājānaḥ sarve pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ | abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ rājānam iva mantriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: All those mountain-kings, fighters who hurled stones, rushed straight at Śaineya (Sātyaki), as ministers hasten toward their king—closing in upon him with coordinated intent amid the press of war.

Word by Word

तेthose

पर्वतीयाःmountain(-dwelling)

राजानःkings

सर्वेall

पाषाणयोधिनःstone-fighters (those who fight with stones)

अभ्यद्रवन्तran towards / rushed at

शैनेयम्Śaineya (Sātyaki)

राजानम्king

इवlike, as

मन्त्रिणःministers, counselors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śaineya (Sātyaki)

parvatīyāḥ rājānaḥ (mountain-kings)

pāṣāṇa (stones, as weapons)

mantriṇaḥ (ministers, as a simile)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how organized counsel and political order (ministers converging on a king) becomes a metaphor for coordinated military pressure—suggesting that collective intent and disciplined alignment can be as decisive in war as individual valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a group of mountain-region kings, known for fighting with stones, charge together toward Sātyaki (Śaineya), surrounding or pressing him in a concentrated attack.