Shloka 18
Devanagari script
एते चान्ये च बहवो दुर्योधनवशानुगा: । राजानो राजपुत्राश्न नीतिमन्तो महारथा:
Transliteration
ete cānye ca bahavo duryodhanavaśānugāḥ | rājāno rājaputrāś ca nītimanto mahārathāḥ ||
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。「これらの者、そしてさらに多くの者たちは、王たちと王子たち—政略に通じ、戦車戦の大勇士（マハーラティ）—であり、ドゥルヨーダナの支配下に入り、その命令に従っている。」
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दुर्योधन-वश-अनुगाःfollowers under Duryodhana's control
दुर्योधन-वश-अनुगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनुग (अनु + गम्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
राजानःkings
राजानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
राजपुत्राःprinces (sons of kings)
राजपुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नीतिमन्तःwise, possessing policy/discipline
नीतिमन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनीतिमन्त्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महारथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
DuryodhanaK
kings (rājānaḥ)P
princes (rājaputrāḥ)M
mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how political power and personal influence can draw even capable, policy-minded rulers into obedience; ethical judgment in war is shaped not only by valor but by allegiance and the sway of leadership.
Sañjaya continues listing and characterizing the forces aligned with the Kauravas, noting that many kings and princes—renowned as great warriors and skilled in statecraft—are following Duryodhana’s command.