Shloka 8

Devanagari script

नानाप्रहरणैश्नान्ये विचित्रस्रगलड्कृता: । संग्राममनस: शूरास्तत्र तत्र व्यवस्थिता:,दूसरे शूरवीर योद्धा विचित्र मालाओंसे अलंकृत हो नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये मनमें युद्धके लिये उत्साहित होकर जहाँ-तहाँ खड़े थे

Transliteration

nānāpraharaṇaiś cānye vicitrasragalaṅkṛtāḥ | saṅgrāmamanasaḥ śūrās tatra tatra vyavasthitāḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಹಾರಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು, ನಾನಾ ವಿಧದ ಆಯುಧಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ಯುದ್ಧಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಉತ್ಸುಕರಾದ ಇತರ ಶೂರರು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾನಪಡೆದು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದರು।

Word by Word

नानाvarious, many kinds of

प्रहरणैःwith weapons

अन्येothers

विचित्रvariegated, splendid

स्रग्garland

अलङ्कृताःadorned

संग्रामbattle

मनसःof mind; in mind

शूराःheroes, warriors

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (here and there)

व्यवस्थिताःstationed, standing arranged

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

warriors (śūrāḥ)

weapons (praharaṇāni)

garlands (srajaḥ)

battlefield (saṅgrāma context)

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 warrior ethos: readiness, discipline, and deliberate intention. Ethically, it points to the gravity of choosing battle—once committed, the fighters stand prepared to fulfill their role and face its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield array: many other heroes, ornamented with garlands and carrying diverse weapons, are positioned in different places, mentally prepared and eager for combat.