Shloka 60
दुर्योधन–द्रोणसंवादः
Arjuna-vīrya-prasaṃśā and renewed battle formation
दुःशासनो वृषसेनो मद्रराजस्त्वमेव च | सोमदत्तश्न भूरिश्व॒ तथा द्रौणिविविंशति:
sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsano vṛṣaseno madrarājas tvam eva ca | somadattaś ca bhūriśravāḥ tathā drauṇir viviṁśatiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Duḥśāsana, Vṛṣasena, the king of Madra—and you as well—together with Somadatta and Bhūriśravas, and also Drauṇi and Vīviṁśati.” (Thus he enumerates prominent Kaurava-aligned warriors, underscoring the breadth of those drawn into the war’s moral and political catastrophe.)
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a moral reminder through enumeration: many renowned warriors—bound by loyalty, ambition, or kinship—become participants in a destructive conflict, illustrating how collective alignment with questionable aims can magnify harm and karmic consequence.
Sañjaya is listing key Kaurava-side fighters (including Śalya, Aśvatthāman, and others), situating the scale and seriousness of the forces involved in the Drona Parva’s battle narrative.