Shloka 6

Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa

Prelude to Abhimanyu’s Account and the Wheel-Formation Deployment

Devanagari script

प्रणयादभिमानाच्च द्विषद्वृद्धा च दुर्मना: । शृण्वतां सर्वयोधानां संरब्धो वाक्यकोविद:,शत्रुओंके अभ्युदयसे वह मन-ही-मन बहुत दुःखी हो गया था। द्रोणाचार्यके प्रति उसके हृदयमें प्रेम था। उसे अपने शौर्यपर अभिमान भी था। अतः अत्यन्त कुपित हो बातचीतमें कुशल राजा दुर्योधनने समस्त योद्धाओंके सुनते हुए इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prāṇayād abhimānāc ca dviṣad-vṛddhā ca durmanāḥ |

śṛṇvatāṃ sarva-yodhānāṃ saṃrabdho vākya-kovidaḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जయは言った。愛情と驕りに駆られ、敵意はいよいよ募り、心根のねじれた王は内に憂いを抱いた。やがて言葉に巧みでありながら怒りに燃え、すべての戦士が聞く中でこのように語った。

Word by Word

प्रणयात्from affection

अभिमानात्from pride

चand

द्विषत्of enemies

वृद्धाःincreased; grown

चand

दुर्मनाःdejected; ill-minded

शृण्वताम्while (they were) listening; of the listeners

सर्व-योधानाम्of all warriors

संरब्धःenraged; agitated

वाक्य-कोविदःskilled in speech

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

all warriors (sarva-yodhāḥ)

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 attachment (prāṇaya) and pride (abhimāna), when mixed with growing hostility, can cloud judgment and erupt as angry yet persuasive speech—an ethical warning about the moral danger of letting inner agitation govern public words.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a key moment before a public address: a leader, mentally troubled and with enmity intensified, becomes enraged and—though eloquent—speaks before the assembled warriors, setting the tone for the ensuing counsel and conflict.