Shloka 37

Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्‌ भानुमन्तमचोदयत्‌ । सैन्येन महता युक्त भारद्वाजस्य रक्षणे,महाराज! तब दुर्योधनने विशाल सेनासे युक्त भानुमानको द्रोणाचार्यकी रक्षाके कार्यमें नियुक्त किया

Transliteration

tato duryodhano rājan bhānumantam acodayat | sainyena mahatā yukta bhāradvājasya rakṣaṇe ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ! ຕໍ່ມາ ທຸຣະໂຢທະນະໄດ້ກະຕຸ້ນ ພານຸມານ ຜູ້ມີກອງທັບໃຫຍ່ໜຸນຫຼັງ ໃຫ້ຮັບໜ້າທີ່ປົກປ້ອງ “ພາຣັດວາຊະ” ຄື ໂດຣະນະ. ໃນຄວາມອຶດອັດຂອງສົງຄາມ ການຄຸ້ມຄອງແມ່ທັບໃຫຍ່ກາຍເປັນທັງກຸລະຍຸດ ແລະ ພາລະທາງທຳມະ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

राजन्O king

भानुमन्तम्Bhānumant (proper name)

अचोदयत्urged, prompted, appointed

सैन्येनwith an army

महतāgreat, large

युक्तःjoined, equipped, accompanied

भारद्वाजस्यof Bhāradvāja (i.e., Droṇa)

रक्षणेin (the act of) guarding; for protection-duty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhānumān

Droṇa (Bhāradvāja)

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 a wartime ethical-strategic principle: safeguarding a key leader (here, Droṇa) is treated as crucial to the army’s stability and success, showing how duty and strategy intertwine under the pressures of dharma-yuddha.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana assigns Bhānumān, backed by a large force, to protect Droṇa (called ‘Bhāradvāja’), indicating a deliberate protective formation around the commander.