Shloka 101

Devanagari script

एतानापतत: सर्वान्‌ द्रोणशल्यकृपै: सह

Transliteration

etān āpatataḥ sarvān droṇaśalyakṛpaiḥ saha

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദ്രോണൻ, ശല്യൻ, കൃപൻ എന്നിവരോടൊപ്പം ആ എല്ലാ യോദ്ധാക്കളും ഒരുമിച്ച് ആക്രമണത്തിനായി പാഞ്ഞുമുന്നേറി.

Word by Word

• एतान्: these (men/ones)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आपततः: rushing/attacking
• आपततः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (आ + पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोण-शल्य-कृपैः: by Drona, Shalya, and Kripa
• द्रोण-शल्य-कृपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण / शल्य / कृप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Śalya
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights collective resolve in warfare: renowned leaders act in concert, showing how loyalty and coordinated force shape events. Ethically, it points to the Mahābhārata’s tension between personal duty to one’s side and the broader consequences of violent action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warriors are charging/attacking, accompanied by major Kaurava champions—Droṇa, Śalya, and Kṛpa—indicating a concentrated advance by the Kaurava force at this moment in the battle.