Shloka 10

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

Devanagari script

त एन॑ कोष्ठकीकृत्य रथवंशेन मारिष । व्यसृजन्निषुजालानि नानालिजड्रानि सड्घश:

Transliteration

te enaṁ koṣṭhakīkṛtya rathavaṁśena māriṣa | vyasṛjann iṣujālāni nānāliṅgadrāṇi saṅghaśaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ທ່ານຜູ້ເຄົາລົບ, ເຂົາເຈົ້າລ້ອມເຂົາໄວ້ດັ່ງຂັງໃນຊ່ອງຫ້ອງ, ໃຊ້ແນວລົດສົງຄາມເປັນກຳແພງກັ້ນ, ແລ້ວປ່ອຍຕາຂ່າຍລູກສອນອັນໜາແໜ້ນເປັນຊຸດໆ, ຫຼາຍຊະນິດຫຼາຍຮູບແບບ, ຕິດຕໍ່ກັນເປັນກອງ.”

Word by Word

तेthey

एनम्him

कोष्ठकीकृत्यhaving enclosed/hemmed in (as in a pen/cage)

रथवंशेनwith the chariot-pole/shaft

मारिषO noble one (sir)

व्यसृजन्they discharged/shot forth

इषुजालानिnets/volleys of arrows

नानाvarious, manifold

लघूनिlight/quick

द्राणिswift (reading uncertain)

सङ्घशःin groups, in masses

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address māriṣa)

chariot formation (rathavaṁśa)

arrows (iṣu)

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 impersonal momentum of war: coordinated formations and massed volleys can overwhelm an individual. Ethically, it underscores how collective strategy in battle can eclipse personal valor, reminding readers that warfare magnifies harm through organization and numbers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a group of warriors boxed in a particular fighter by forming a chariot line around him and then unleashed concentrated, varied volleys of arrows—an image of tactical encirclement followed by sustained missile attack.