Shloka 4

अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च

Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents

Devanagari script

त्रिगर्तराज: समरे भ्रातृभि: परिवारित: । पुत्रैश्नैव महेष्वासैर्नानाशस्त्रविशारदै:

Transliteration

trigartarājaḥ samare bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ | putraiś caiva maheṣvāsair nānāśastraviśāradaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, the king of the Trigartas stood surrounded by his brothers, and also by his sons—mighty archers, skilled in the use of many kinds of weapons. The verse underscores the war’s collective, clan-bound commitment: kinship becomes a shield and a force-multiplier, even as it binds families to the peril and moral weight of the battlefield.

Word by Word

• त्रिगर्तराजः: the king of the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्तराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्त-राज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भ्रातृभिः: by/with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवारितः: surrounded/encircled
• परिवारितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रैः: by/with (his) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महेष्वासैः: by great archers
• महेष्वासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-इष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नाना: various
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• शस्त्रविशारदैः: by those skilled in weapons
• शस्त्रविशारदैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्र-विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Trigartarāja (king of the Trigartas)
• Trigartas
• brothers (of the Trigartarāja)
• sons (of the Trigartarāja)
• bows
• weapons