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Shloka 36

सैन्धवविक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of Jayadratha’s Martial Display

अभ्यद्रवन्‌ परीप्सन्तो व्यूढानीका: प्रहारिण: । संजयने कहा--राजन! युधिष्ठिर, भीमसेन, शिखण्डी, सात्यकि, नकुल-सहदेव, धष्टद्युम्न, विराट, द्रपद, केकय-राजकुमार, रोषमें भरा हुआ धृष्टकेतु तथा मत्स्यदेशीय योद्धा --ये सब-के-सब युद्धस्थलमें आगे बढ़े। अभिमन्युके ताऊ, चाचा तथा मामागण अपनी सेनाको व्यूहद्वारा संगठित करके प्रहार करनेके लिये उद्यत हो अभिमन्युकी रक्षाके लिये उसीके बनाये हुए मार्गसे व्यूहमें जानेके उद्देश्यसे एक साथ दौड़ पड़े

abhyadravan parīpsanto vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |

サञ्जयは語った。「目的を遂げんと欲する般度の戦士たちは、整然たる戦陣に備え、打撃の用意を整えて、一斉に前へと押し寄せた。味方を守り、敵の戦術的障壁を打ち破らねばならぬという義務に駆られ、彼らは規律ある意志をもって進み、勇気と忠誠を戦場の協同行動へと変えていった。」

अभ्यद्रवन्ran towards / charged
अभ्यद्रवन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअभि+द्रु (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada
परीप्सन्तःdesiring / seeking
परीप्सन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरीप्स् (धातु) / परीप्सन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
व्यूढ-अनीकाःwith arrayed formations / with marshalled troops
व्यूढ-अनीकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यूढ (कृदन्त) + अनीक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रहारिणःstrikers / attackers
प्रहारिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bhīmasena
Ś
Śikhaṇḍī
S
Sātyaki
N
Nakula
S
Sahadeva
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
V
Virāṭa
D
Drupada
K
Kekaya princes
D
Dhṛṣṭaketu
M
Matsya warriors
A
Abhimanyu

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined courage guided by duty: warriors do not act merely from rage, but from a purposeful resolve to protect their own and meet the enemy with organized effort. In dharma terms, valor is ethically strengthened when it serves protection and responsibility rather than personal hatred.

Sañjaya reports that the Pandava side, with troops arranged in formation, rushes forward to strike and to accomplish their immediate objective—pressing into the enemy’s battle-array, associated in the surrounding context with efforts to safeguard Abhimanyu and force entry through the tactical formation.