Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयम भ्यधावद्‌ युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । महाबली मद्रराज मेघोंकी गर्जनाके समान सिंहनाद कर रहे थे। उनके द्वारा मारी जाती हुई पाण्डव-सेना भागकर अजातशत्रु कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरके पास चली गयी ।। तां सम्मर्द्य ततः संख्ये लघुहस्त: शितै: शरै:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ajātaśatruṃ kaunteyam abhyadhāvad yudhiṣṭhiram | mahābalī madrarājaḥ meghānāṃ garjanā-samo siṃhanādaṃ karoti sma | tena tāḍyamānā pāṇḍava-senā bhagnā ajātaśatruṃ kuntīkumāraṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ prati jagāma || tāṃ sammṛdya tataḥ saṅkhye laghu-hastaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ກະສັດແຫ່ງມັດຣາ ຊັລຍະ ຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ພຸ່ງເຂົ້າໄປຫາ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ບຸດແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ ຜູ້ມີນາມວ່າ ອະຊາຕະສັດຕຣຸ. ລາວຮ້ອງຄຳຮາມດັ່ງສິງ ແລະດັ່ງຟ້າຮ້ອງຂອງເມກ ທຳໃຫ້ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວປົກຄຸມສະໜາມຮົບ. ກອງທັບປານດະວະທີ່ຖືກລາວຂ້າຟັນ ກໍແຕກພ່າຍໜີໄປຫາ ອະຊາຕະສັດຕຣຸ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ. ແລ້ວລາວກໍບີບຂະຍີ້ພວກນັ້ນໃນການຮົບ ແລະນັກຮົບມືໄວນັ້ນໄດ້ທະລຸດ້ວຍລູກສອນຄົມ.

Word by Word

अजातशत्रुम्Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira), the one whose enemies are not born

कौन्तेयम्the son of Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira)

अभ्यधावत्ran towards / charged at

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

ताम्that (army/host)

सम्मर्द्यhaving crushed / having trampled

ततःthen / thereafter

संख्येin battle

लघुहस्तःhe whose hand is swift (quick-handed)

शितैःwith sharp

शरैःwith arrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Ajātaśatru, Kaunteya, Kuntīkumāra)

Śalya (Madrarāja, king of Madra)

Pāṇḍava army

arrows (śara)

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?

Even a ruler famed as Ajātaśatru—one who bears no enmity—must face the harsh necessities of kṣatriya-dharma in war: protecting the host, steadying morale, and meeting force with disciplined resolve rather than hatred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya, the powerful king of Madra, charges toward Yudhiṣṭhira with a thunder-like lion-roar. His assault breaks the Pāṇḍava ranks, and the fleeing troops stream back toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Śalya then continues to overwhelm them with swift, sharp arrow-fire.