Shloka 31

Devanagari script

उत्तमौजा युधामन्युस्तथा राजनू्‌ प्रभद्रका: । पज्चालाश्च नरव्याप्र चेदयश्न निषूदिता:,“महाराज! नरव्याप्र नरेश! धृष्टद्युम्न, अपराजित वीर शिखण्डी, उत्तमौजा, युधामन्यु, प्रभद्रकगण, पांचाल और चेदिदेशीय योद्धाओंका भी संहार हो गया”

Transliteration

uttamaujā yudhāmanyus tathā rājan prabhadrakāḥ | pāñcālāś ca naravyāghra cedayaś ca niṣūditāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「大王よ、人中の虎よ、勇猛なるウッタマウジャとユダーマンニュ、またプラバドラカの一団、さらにパンチャーラとチェーディ国の戦士たちも、ことごとく討たれた。」

Word by Word

उत्तमौजाःUttamaujas (a warrior)

युधामन्युःYudhāmanyu (a warrior)

तथाand also/likewise

राजन्O king

प्रभद्रकाःthe Prabhadrakas (a group of warriors)

पाञ्चालाःthe Pāñcālas

चand

नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men

चेदयःthe Cedis

निषूदिताःslain/killed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Uttamaujā

Yudhāmanyu

Prabhadrakas

Pāñcālas

Cedis (Cedi warriors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of war: even celebrated allies and noble warriors perish. It reinforces the Mahābhārata’s recurring insight that conflict, even when framed by duty, brings widespread suffering and irreversible loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports to King Janamejaya the deaths of key Pāṇḍava-aligned fighters—Uttamaujā, Yudhāmanyu, the Prabhadrakas, and warriors of Pāñcāla and Cedi—marking the mounting devastation as the war reaches its later, darker phase.