Shloka 93

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

युद्धशौण्डौ समाहूतावागतौ तौ रणाध्वरम्‌

Transliteration

yuddhaśauṇḍau samāhūtāv āgatau tau raṇādhvaram

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ စစ်ပွဲကျွမ်းကျင်သူအဖြစ် နာမည်ကြီးသော ထိုနှစ်ဦးသည် ခေါ်ယူခြင်းခံရပြီးနောက် စစ်မြေပြင်သို့ ရောက်လာကြ၏—စစ်ယဇ်ပူဇော်ပွဲတစ်ရပ်ကဲ့သို့ သန့်ရှင်းတည်ကြည်သော ရန်ဓဝရသို့ ပါဝင်သူများ လာရောက်သကဲ့သို့—ပဋိပက္ခက တောင်းဆိုသော ကြမ်းတမ်းသည့် တာဝန်ကို ဖြည့်ဆည်းရန် အသင့်ဖြစ်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• युद्धशौण्डौ: two valiant in battle / battle-experts
• युद्धशौण्डौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धशौण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समाहूतौ: having been summoned / called together
• समाहूतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-हू (धातु) → समाहूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• आगतौ: having come / arrived
• आगतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• रणाध्वरम्: the battle-sacrifice (i.e., the battlefield/war as a sacrifice)
• रणाध्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रणाध्वर (battlefield, conceived as a war-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames warfare through the metaphor of a sacrifice (adhvara), suggesting that for kṣatriyas the battlefield is a solemn arena of duty where courage and obligation are enacted—yet with an implicit ethical weight, since this ‘sacrifice’ consumes lives rather than offerings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that two battle-eager warriors, having been summoned, arrive at the battlefield, indicating the immediate mobilization of key fighters and the escalation of the conflict.