Shloka 25

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सैन्यप्रशंसा, भेदनवृत्तान्त-प्रश्नः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Praise of the Host and Inquiry after the Breach

Devanagari script

एवमेतं महाव्यूहं व्यूह[ द्रोणो व्यवस्थित: । सूचीमुखे महेष्वास: कृतवर्मा व्यवस्थित:,इस प्रकार इस महाव्यूहकी रचना करके द्रोणाचार्य युद्धके लिये तैयार खड़े थे। सूचीमुख व्यूहके प्रमुख भागमें महाधनुर्धर कृतवर्मा खड़ा किया गया था

Transliteration

evam etaṁ mahāvyūhaṁ vyūhya droṇo vyavasthitaḥ | sūcīmukhe maheṣvāsaḥ kṛtavarmā vyavasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having thus arrayed that great battle-formation, Droṇa stood ready for combat. And in the foremost ‘Needle-point’ sector of the formation, the mighty archer Kṛtavarmā was stationed.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

एतम्this (object)

महाव्यूहम्great battle-array

व्यूहंbattle-array, formation

द्रोणःDrona

व्यवस्थितःstood ready/arranged

सूचीमुखेin the needle-point (formation/at the needle-mouth)

महेष्वासःgreat archer (lit. great-bowman)

कृतवर्माKritavarman

व्यवस्थितःstood stationed/placed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Dronācārya)

Kṛtavarmā

mahāvyūha (great battle formation)

sūcīmukha (needle-point formation/sector)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes