Shloka 2

Devanagari script

महत्या सेनया युक्तो दुर्योधनमुपागमत्‌ | राक्षसानां विरूपाणां सहस्रै: परिवारित:,वह सहस्रों विकराल रूपवाले राक्षसोंसे घिरकर अपनी विशाल सेनाके साथ दुर्योधनके पास आया

Transliteration

mahatyā senayā yukto duryodhanam upāgamat | rākṣasānāṁ virūpāṇāṁ sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。彼は大軍を従え、醜怪で歪んだ姿の羅刹たち数千に取り巻かれながら、ドゥルヨーダナのもとへ近づいた。この光景は、戦がますます恐るべき、そして制し難い勢力を呼び寄せ、争いの危険と道義の闇をいよいよ深めてゆくことを示している。

Word by Word

महत्याwith great (…)

सेनयाarmy

युक्तःjoined/attended (with), accompanied

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana

उपागमत्approached/went to

राक्षसानाम्of the Rakshasas

विरूपाणाम्misshapen/terrible-formed

सहस्रैःby thousands

परिवारितःsurrounded/encircled

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Rākṣasas

Army (senā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how choices in war can attract and empower increasingly violent, unrighteous forces; aligning with such forces may bring tactical strength but deepens moral peril and disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

A figure (implied from context) arrives to meet Duryodhana, coming with a large army and escorted by thousands of terrifying rākṣasas, signaling reinforcement and a grim intensification of the battle situation.