Shloka 33
अभिपेतुर्निषादा श्ष सौवीराश्न॒ महारणे | बाह्लीका दरदाश्रैव प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवा:
abhipeturniṣādāś ca sauvīrāś ca mahāraṇe | bāhlīkā daradāś caiva pratīcyodīcyamālavāḥ ||
ആ മഹായുദ്ധത്തിൽ നിഷാദരും സൗവീരരും പാഞ്ഞുകയറി; ബാഹ്ലീകരും ദരദരും, പടിഞ്ഞാറും വടക്കുമുള്ള മാലവരും കൂടെ മുന്നേറി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the vast scope of the Kurukṣetra war: many peoples from different regions become participants in a single conflict. Ethically, it points to how political ambition and contested claims of dharma can draw entire communities into violence, expanding the consequences far beyond the principal rivals.
Sañjaya is listing contingents who surge into the fighting—Niṣādas, Sauvīras, Bāhlīkas, Daradas, and Mālavas from western and northern areas—emphasizing the scale and diversity of forces engaged in the battle.