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Shloka 25

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

एवं च समरे सर्वे वीराश्न विरथीकृता:

sañjaya uvāca | evaṃ ca samare sarve vīrāś ca virathīkṛtāḥ | jighāṃsantaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tadā āsīt tumulaṃ mahat ||

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်— «ထို့ကြောင့် ထိုစစ်ပွဲ၌ သူရဲကောင်းများစွာသည် ရထားပျက်စီး၍ ရထားမဲ့ဖြစ်ကြရ၏။ ထို့နောက် တိုက်သူတို့အနက် အမြင့်ဆုံးသူကို သတ်လိုသည့် စိတ်ဖြင့် တိုးဝင်လာကြသော်၊ ကြီးမား၍ ရုန်းရင်းဆန်ခတ်သော ထိပ်တိုက်တွေ့ဆုံမှုကြီး ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၏။»

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
समरेin the battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
Formmasculine, locative, singular
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
वीराःheroes/warriors
वीराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
विरथीकृताःmade chariotless (disarmed of chariots)
विरथीकृताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविरथीकृत
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
जिघांसन्तम्wishing to kill (him)
जिघांसन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (जिघांस्-)
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
युधाम्of fighters/battles
युधाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootयुध्
Formfeminine, genitive, plural
श्रेष्ठO best (of warriors)
श्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेष्ठ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
आसीत्was/arose
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formimperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular
तुमुलम्tumultuous
तुमुलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootतुमुल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formneuter, nominative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhīṣma (implied as yudhām śreṣṭha)
B
battlefield (samara)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the moral and practical reality of war: status and prowess can collapse in an instant (even heroes become chariotless), and collective intent to destroy a key opponent can escalate into overwhelming violence—highlighting the grave ethical weight of martial decisions.

Sanjaya reports that the fighting intensified: warriors were being unseated and made chariotless, and as fighters pressed forward aiming to kill the foremost warrior (contextually Bhishma), the battle swelled into a great, terrifying tumult.