Shloka 9

Devanagari script

आरुरोह रथश्रेष्ठ विशोक॑ चेदमब्रवीत्‌ । तब महाबली महाबाहु भीमसेन अपने श्रेष्ठ रथपर आरूढ़ हो गये और सारथि विशोकसे इस प्रकार बोले-- ।। ८ ई ।। एते महारथा: शूरा धार्तराष्ट्राः: समागता:

Transliteration

āruroha rathaśreṣṭhaṃ viśokaś cedam abravīt | tataḥ mahābalī mahābāhuḥ bhīmasenaḥ svayaṃ śreṣṭhe rathopari ārūḍho ’bhavat, sārathiṃ viśokam iti hovāca | ete mahārathāḥ śūrā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

ତାପରେ ମହାବଳୀ ମହାବାହୁ ଭୀମସେନ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ରଥରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରି ସାରଥି ବିଶୋକଙ୍କୁ ଏଭଳି କହିଲା—“ଏଠାରେ ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରପକ୍ଷର ଶୂର ମହାରଥୀମାନେ ସମାଗତ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି।”

Word by Word

आरुरोहmounted, ascended

रथश्रेष्ठम्the best chariot

विशोकःViśoka (name of the charioteer)

चand

इदम्this (speech/statement)

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

एतेthese

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

शूराःbrave

धार्तराष्ट्राःsons/men of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)

समागताःassembled, gathered

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Viśoka (charioteer)

Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

ratha (chariot)

mahārathas (great warriors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights clear-eyed courage and preparedness in righteous conflict: a warrior acknowledges the strength and presence of opposing forces and steadies himself to act according to kṣatriya-dharma rather than impulsive emotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Bhīma mounts his chariot and speaks to his charioteer Viśoka, pointing out that the Kaurava-side great warriors have gathered—signaling the imminent clash and the mobilization of key fighters.