Shloka 9
एते तु रौद्रा बहवो महारथा यशस्विन: शूरतमा:ः कृतास्त्रा: । ये पाण्डवानां समरे सहाया जितक्लमा रोषविषं वमन्ति,“जो समरभूमिमें पाण्डवोंके सहायक हुए हैं, उनमें बहुत-से ये महारथी वीर अत्यन्त भयंकर, परम शौर्यसम्पन्न, शस्त्रविद्याके विद्वान तथा यशस्वी हैं। इन्होंने थकावटको जीत लिया है और ये हमलोगोंपर रोषरूपी विष उगल रहे हैं
ete tu raudrā bahavo mahārathā yaśasvinaḥ śūratamāḥ kṛtāstrāḥ | ye pāṇḍavānāṃ samare sahāyā jitaklamā roṣaviṣaṃ vamanti ||
サンジャヤは言った。「まことに、ここには凄烈なる大車戦士が数多いる——名声高く、勇猛無比で、武器の技に完全に通じた者たちだ。戦場においてパーンドゥの子らの助力となり、疲労を克服して、いまや我らに向けて怒りという毒を吐きかけているかのようだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral-psychological force that drives warriors in dharma-yuddha: disciplined skill (kṛtāstra), endurance (jitaklama), and intense resolve that can manifest as wrath. It implicitly warns that anger, though energizing in war, is also ‘poison’—a dangerous power that must be directed and contained.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra about the formidable warriors fighting on the Pāṇḍavas’ side. He characterizes them as elite, famous, highly trained, tireless, and fiercely hostile—depicting their battle-readiness and the threat they pose to the Kaurava forces.