Shloka 49
Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra
Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ काम्बोजश्च सुदक्षिण: । बृहत्क्षत्रस्थ दायाद: सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथ:,राजन! उन रथियोंके नाम ये हैं--कोसलनरेश बृहदबल, मगधदेशीय जयत्सेन, शल्यके प्रतापी पुत्र रुक्मरथ, अवन्तिके राजकुमार विन्द और अनुविन्द, काम्बोजराज सुदक्षिण तथा बृहत्क्षत्रके पुत्र सिन्धुराज जयद्रथ
sañjaya uvāca |
vindānuvindāv āvantyau kāmbojaś ca sudakṣiṇaḥ |
bṛhatkṣatrastha dāyādaḥ saindhavaś ca jayadrathaḥ ||
संजय म्हणाला—अवन्तीचे राजपुत्र विन्द व अनुविन्द, काम्बोजराज सुदक्षिण, आणि बृहत्क्षत्राचा दायाद सैन्धव जयद्रथ—हे (इतर रथी) होते।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as part of the war-roll call: it highlights how rulers and heirs, driven by alliance and inherited obligation, enter a destructive conflict—implying that power and lineage do not shield one from the moral and karmic costs of adharma and war.
Sanjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the names of notable Kaurava-aligned warriors present on the battlefield, specifically Vindā and Anuvindā of Avanti, Sudakṣiṇa of Kamboja, and Jayadratha of Sindhu (Saindhava), linked to the Bṛhatkṣatra lineage.