Shloka 126

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

त्रिगर्तानां त्रिसाहस्रा रथा युद्धविशारदा: । वे त्रिगर्तोंके तीन हजार रथी, जो युद्धमें कुशल थे, कठोर कर्म करनेवाले युयुधानके समीप गये

Transliteration

trigartānāṁ trisāhasrā rathā yuddhaviśāradāḥ |

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြော၏—စစ်ပညာကျွမ်းကျင်သော တြိဂရ္တတို့၏ ရထားစစ်သူရဲ သုံးထောင်သည် ယုယုဓာန (စాతျကိ) ထံသို့ တိုးဝင်လာကြ၏။ စနစ်တကျ စုဖွဲ့ထားသော စစ်အင်အားကြီးတစ်ရပ်က နာမည်ကြီး တစ်ဦးတည်းသော သူရဲကောင်းကို ဖိအားပေးလာသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၍၊ စွမ်းရည်နှင့် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်တို့က အဓမ္မစစ်၏ ဝမ်းနည်းဖွယ် ကြီးမားသော အဖြစ်အပျက်အတွင်း လှုပ်ရှားမှုကို မောင်းနှင်နေသည်။

Word by Word

• त्रिगर्तानाम्: of the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्तानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्रिसाहस्राः: three-thousand (in number)
• त्रिसाहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसाहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथाः: chariots / chariot-warriors
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्धविशारदाः: skilled in battle
• युद्धविशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Trigartas
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• ratha (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective military organization and expertise can be directed against a single opponent; ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between kṣatriya valor and the destructive momentum of war when skill is used primarily for overpowering rather than restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a force of three thousand Trigarta chariot-warriors, renowned for battle-skill, moves to engage Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), indicating a concentrated assault and a tactical attempt to check a prominent Pāṇḍava ally.