Shloka 393

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

रथानीकेन महता सर्वतः पर्यवारयत्‌ | तब युधिष्ठिरने राजा भगदत्तको अपने बाणोंसे घायल करके विशाल रथसेनाके द्वारा सब ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

rathānīkena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayat |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ବିଶାଳ ରଥାନୀକ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସେ ତାକୁ ସବୁଦିଗରୁ ଘେରିଦେଲା। ତାପରେ ରାଜା ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର ନିଜ ବାଣରେ ଭଗଦତ୍ତକୁ ଆହତ କରି, ମହା ରଥସେନା ଦ୍ୱାରା ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ତାକୁ ଅବରୋଧ କଲେ—ଏହା କ୍ରୂରତା ନୁହେଁ, ବରଂ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଶତ୍ରୁକୁ ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଶିସ୍ତବଦ୍ଧ ଯୁଦ୍ଧକ୍ରିୟା।

Word by Word

• रथानीकेन: by/with a chariot-army (chariot-division)
• रथानीकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथानीक
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महतā: great, large
• महतā: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides, from every direction
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• पर्यवारयत्: surrounded, enclosed
• पर्यवारयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + √वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhagadatta
• chariot-division (rathānīka)
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, action is expected to be purposeful and disciplined: a king uses organized force to neutralize a dangerous opponent, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma—protecting one’s side through strategy rather than uncontrolled aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior is encircled on all sides by a large chariot-formation; in the surrounding context, Yudhiṣṭhira wounds Bhagadatta with arrows and then has him hemmed in by a great chariot-host.