Shloka 14
Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था
दुर्योधन: सहसुतः सार्थ भ्रातृशतेन च । प्राच्याश्न दाक्षिणात्याक्ष भीमसेनस्थ भागत:,अपने सौ भाइयों तथा पुत्रोंसहित दुर्योधन और पूर्व एवं दक्षिण-दिशाके कौरवसैनिक भीमसेनका भाग नियत किये गये हैं
duryodhanaḥ sahasutaḥ sārthaṃ bhrātṛśatena ca | prācyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca bhīmasenasya bhāgataḥ ||
Sanjaya berkata: “Duryodhana bersama anak-anaknya, bersama seratus saudara lelakinya, dan juga bala Kuru dari wilayah timur dan selatan, telah ditetapkan sebagai bahagian yang diperuntukkan bagi Bhimasena.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war is organized through deliberate assignment of forces, revealing the ethical tension between strategic planning and the human cost: individuals become ‘allotted shares’ in a larger design, intensifying responsibility for leaders who choose conflict.
Sañjaya reports the distribution/assignment of combatants: Duryodhana with his sons, his hundred brothers, and eastern and southern Kuru contingents are designated as the set of opponents to be faced by Bhīmasena.