Shloka 15

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरसमाज्ञप्ता: सृञजयानां महारथा:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira-samājñaptāḥ sṛñjayānāṃ mahārathāḥ

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ບັນດາມະຫາຣະຖະຂອງສຣິນຈະຍະ ຜູ້ໄດ້ຮັບຄໍາສັ່ງຈາກຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ໄດ້ຕຽມພ້ອມເພື່ອປະຕິບັດຕາມຄໍາບັນຊານັ້ນ—ເປັນພາບຂອງວິໄນແລະການນອບນ້ອມຕໍ່ຄໍາສັ່ງ ທ່າມກາງຄວາມກົດດັນທາງທໍາມະຂອງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिर-समाज्ञप्ताः: ordered/commanded by Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर-समाज्ञप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाज्ञप्त (सम् + आज्ञा धातु/प्रातिपदिक; युधिष्ठिर-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सृञ्जयानाम्: of the Sṛñjayas
• सृञ्जयानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महा-रथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महा-रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sṛñjayas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the chaos of battle, rightful leadership depends on disciplined execution of orders; the verse highlights organized duty (kṣatriya-dharma) and the ethical weight carried by commanders and those who obey.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Sṛñjaya elite warriors are acting in accordance with Yudhiṣṭhira’s instructions, indicating coordinated Pāṇḍava-side action at this point in the Drona Parva battle sequence.