Shloka 35
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच दुःशासनश्व कर्णश्र शकुनिश्च ससैन्धव: । सतत मन्त्रयन्ति सम दुर्योधनपुरोगमा:
śrīvāyudeva uvāca duḥśāsanaś ca karṇaś ca śakuniś ca sasaindhavaḥ | satataṁ mantrayanti sma duryodhanapurogamāḥ ||
Śrī Vāyudeva said: “Duḥśāsana, Karṇa, Śakuni, and Saindhava (Jayadratha)—with Duryodhana at their head—were continually holding counsel.”
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how sustained collective counsel among powerful figures shapes the course of war; ethically, it implies that strategy and unity can be directed either toward dharma or toward adharma depending on the leaders’ intentions—here, the Kaurava leadership is portrayed as persistently plotting for advantage.
Vāyudeva reports that Duryodhana, together with Duḥśāsana, Karṇa, Śakuni, and Jayadratha, is repeatedly conferring—suggesting an ongoing planning session to decide tactics and next moves in the Drona Parva battle context.