Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नकुल: सहदेवश्न युयुधानश्च वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

Nakulaḥ Sahadevaś ca Yuyudhānaś ca vīryavān

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ナクラとサハデーヴァ、そして剛勇のユユダーनाもまた——これらの勇士たちが、戦の推移の中でその場にある者として名を挙げられる。そこには、パーンダヴァ方の決意と、義務と宿命に駆られた戦において血縁が刃を交えるという倫理の重みが刻まれている。」

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• युयुधानः: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वीर्यवान्: valiant, possessing prowess
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a brief roll-call of warriors, the epic highlights kṣatriya-dharma: courage and steadfastness in a righteous cause, while reminding the listener that war involves grave moral stakes because it pits relatives and allies against one another.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, naming key Pāṇḍava-side fighters—Nakula, Sahadeva, and the powerful Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)—as part of the ongoing description of forces and actions in the Drona Parva battle sequence.