Shloka 11

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

कोशसंचयने मन्त्रे व्यूहे प्रहरणेषु च

Transliteration

kośasañcayane mantre vyūhe praharaṇeṣu ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the accumulation and management of resources, in counsel and strategic deliberation, in the ordering of battle-formations, and in the use of weapons as well—(he was pre-eminent).”

Word by Word

• कोशसंचयने: in the accumulation/collection of treasure
• कोशसंचयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोशसंचयन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मन्त्रे: in counsel/strategy
• मन्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• व्यूहे: in battle-array/formation
• व्यूहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रहरणेषु: in weapons
• प्रहरणेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kośa (treasury/resources)
• mantra (counsel/strategy)
• vyūha (battle-formation)
• praharaṇa (weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Competence in war is not only personal valor; it also depends on disciplined logistics (kośa), sound counsel (mantra), coherent tactical organization (vyūha), and skilled use of arms (praharaṇa). The verse highlights integrated leadership where planning and resources support battlefield action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a warrior/leader’s excellence across multiple domains of warfare—resource management, strategic counsel, formation tactics, and weaponry—within the Drona Parva context, where the conduct and organization of the Kurukṣetra battle are being recounted to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.