Shloka 19

द्रोणाभिमुखानां निवारण-युद्धम् / Interceptions on the Droṇa-front

Devanagari script

यथा<<सीच्च निवृत्तेषु पाण्डवेयेषु संजय । मम सैन्यावशेषस्य संनिपात: सुदारुण:,संजय! पाण्डव-सैनिकोंके पुनः युद्धभूमिमें लौट आनेपर मेरी शेष सेनाके साथ जिस प्रकार उनका अत्यन्त भयंकर संग्राम हुआ था, वह कहो

Transliteration

Dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca: yathā sīc ca nivṛtteṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu sañjaya | mama sainyāvaśeṣasya sannipātaḥ sudāruṇaḥ, sañjaya ||

Translation

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「サンジャヤよ、パーンドゥの子らが再び戦場へ戻ったとき、彼らと我が軍の残兵との間に、いかにしてこの上なく凄惨な激突が起こったのかを語れ。」

Word by Word

यथाas, in the manner that

चand

निवृत्तेषुwhen (they) had returned / having turned back

पाण्डवेयेषुamong the sons of Pāṇḍu / the Pāṇḍavas

संजयO Sañjaya

ममof me, my

सैन्यof the army

अवशेषस्यremaining, left over

संनिपातःencounter, clash, coming together (battle)

सुदारुणःvery dreadful, extremely fierce

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

प

पाण्डवेय / पाण्डव (Pāṇḍavas)

म

मम सैन्यावशेष (the remnant of the Kaurava army)

य

युद्धभूमि (battlefield, implied)

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 the moral and psychological cost of adharma-driven war: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s focus on ‘my remaining army’ reveals attachment and fear, while the ‘most dreadful clash’ underscores how conflict escalates when pride and possessiveness persist despite mounting loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about the moment when the Pāṇḍavas re-enter the battlefield and engage the surviving Kaurava forces, asking for an account of how that fierce confrontation unfolded.