Shloka 9

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

कुरुयोधवरा राजंस्तव पुत्र परीप्सव: । धनंजयरथं शीघ्र सर्वतः समुपाद्रवन्‌,राजन! नाना देशोंमें उत्पन्न महान्‌ वेगशाली आजानेयर, पर्वतीयः (पहाड़ी), नदीजई (दरियाई) तथा सिंधुदेशीय उत्तम घोड़ोंद्वारा आपके पुत्रकी रक्षाके लिये उत्सुक हुए श्रेष्ठ कौरवयोद्धा सब ओरसे शीघ्र ही अर्जुनके रथपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kuru-yodhavarā rājan tava putra-parīpsavaḥ | dhanañjaya-rathaṁ śīghraṁ sarvataḥ samupādravan ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、御子を守らんとするクル族の精鋭たちは、四方より素早く押し寄せ、ダナンジャヤ（アルジュナ）の戦車へと殺到した。」

Word by Word

कुरुयोधवराःthe best Kuru warriors

राजन्O king

तवyour

पुत्रson

परीप्सवःdesiring to protect/obtain (i.e., intent on saving)

धनंजय-रथम्Dhanañjaya's chariot (Arjuna's chariot)

शीघ्रम्quickly

सर्वतःfrom all sides

समुपाद्रवन्they rushed/assailed

राजन्O king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Kuru warriors (Kauravas)

Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)

Arjuna’s chariot

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana implied)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical complexity of war: courage and unity can be directed toward protecting one’s leader or kin, yet such loyalty does not by itself determine the side of dharma. It illustrates how personal duty (to defend ‘one’s own’) can intensify conflict when opposed to a broader moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that elite Kuru fighters, intent on safeguarding the king’s son, rapidly converge from all directions and launch a coordinated assault on Arjuna’s chariot.