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Shloka 196

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

दुःशासनो वृत: सैन्यै: स्थितो व्यूहस्य पृष्ठत: । व्यूहके पृष्ठभागमें पिंगल नेत्रोंवाला प्रियदर्शन दुःशासन सेनाओंसे घिरा हुआ खड़ा था। वह एक विशाल गजराजकी पीठपर विराजमान था

sañjaya uvāca |

duḥśāsano vṛtaḥ sainyaiḥ sthito vyūhasya pṛṣṭhataḥ |

စဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ဒုရှာသနသည် စစ်သည်များဝိုင်းရံကာ တပ်ဖွဲ့စီရင်ပုံ၏ နောက်ဘက်တွင် ရပ်နေ하였다။ စီရင်တန်း၏ အနောက်ပိုင်း၌ မိမိတပ်များက ကာကွယ်ထားပြီး ကြီးမားသော ဆင်မင်း၏ ကျောပေါ်တွင် ထိုင်နေ하였다။

दुःशासनःDuhshasana
दुःशासनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृतःsurrounded
वृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत (√वृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सैन्यैःby the troops
सैन्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसैन्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
स्थितःstanding, stationed
स्थितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित (√स्था)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यूहस्यof the battle-array
व्यूहस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यूह
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पृष्ठतःfrom behind, at the rear
पृष्ठतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृष्ठतः
Formtrue

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Duhshasana
S
sainya (troops/army)
V
vyuha (battle formation)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how war operates through disciplined formations and protective encirclement; ethically, it underscores that courage and loyalty can be deployed in service of a side whose conduct is questioned, reminding readers that strategy is morally neutral while its purpose is not.

Sanjaya reports Duhshasana’s tactical placement: he is stationed behind the main battle-array and is surrounded by supporting troops, indicating a guarded rear position within the Kaurava formation.