Shloka 45

शैनेयचरितम्

The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement

Devanagari script

धृष्टय्युम्नं तु पाज्चाल्यं क्रूरै: सार्थ प्रभद्रकै: । आवन्त्य: सहसौवीरै: क्रुद्धसरूपमवारयत्‌

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu pāñcālyaṃ krūraiḥ sārthaṃ prabhadrakaiḥ | āvantyāḥ sahasauvīraiḥ kruddhasarūpam avārayat ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်—ပാഉဉ္စာလ မင်းသား ဓೃಷ್ಟဒျုမ္နကို ကြမ်းတမ်းသော ပရဘဒ္ရကများက အဝန္တိများနှင့် ဆော်ဝီရများနှင့်အတူ ဒေါသထန်စွာ တန်းစီကာ ရင်ဆိုင်၍ တားဆီးထိန်းချုပ်하였다။

Word by Word

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Panchala prince (Panchala-born)
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रूरैः: by fierce (warriors)
• क्रूरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सार्थम्: together/along with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्थ

• प्रभद्रकैः: with the Prabhadrakas (a troop/warriors)
• प्रभद्रकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आवन्त्यः: the Avantis (men of Avanti)
• आवन्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवन्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सौवीरैः: with the Sauvīras
• सौवीरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौवीर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रुद्धाः: angered
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सरूपम्: in proper form / fittingly (as an adverbial accusative)
• सरूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवारयन्: they checked/held back/warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pāñcāla
• Prabhadrakas
• Avanti (Avantis)
• Sauvīra (Sauviras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a dharmic war narrative, outcomes hinge on disciplined coordination: collective resistance by allied troops can restrain a powerful leader, and wrath (krodha) becomes a driving force that shapes tactical choices and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāñcāla commander, is confronted and held back on the battlefield by fierce Prabhadraka warriors, supported by contingents from Avanti and Sauvīra, who oppose him in an angry, forceful formation.