Shloka 37

अभिमन्यु-परिवेष्टनम्

Encirclement and Counterassault of Abhimanyu

Devanagari script

आरूढाज्गशिक्षितैर्योधै: शकक्‍्त्यृष्टिप्रासयोधिभि: । विध्वस्तचामरमुखान्‌ विप्रविद्धप्रकीर्णकान्‌

Transliteration

ārūḍāṅgaśikṣitair yodhaiḥ śaktyṛṣṭiprāsayodhibhiḥ | vidhvastacāmaramukhān vipraviddhaprakīrṇakān ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଅଶ୍ୱାରୋହଣରେ ସୁଶିକ୍ଷିତ ଏବଂ ଶକ୍ତି, ଋଷ୍ଟି, ପ୍ରାସ ଆଦି ଶସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ନିପୁଣ ଯୋଦ୍ଧାମାନେ, ଯାହାଙ୍କର ଅଗ୍ରପଙ୍କ୍ତି ଓ ଧ୍ୱଜ-ଚାମର ଭଙ୍ଗିଯାଇଥିଲା, ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ବିଦ୍ଧ କରି ଛିତରାଇଦେଲେ; ରଣକୋଳାହଳ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସେମାନେ ଆହତ ହୋଇ ଭ୍ରମିତ ଭାବେ ଚାରିଦିଗକୁ ଛିଟିଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• आरूढान्: mounted, having mounted
• आरूढान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरूढ (आ-√रुह्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अङ्गशिक्षितैः: trained in the use of the body/limbs (well-trained)
• अङ्गशिक्षितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गशिक्षित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• योधैः: by warriors
• योधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासयोधिभिः: by fighters (armed) with javelins, spears, and lances
• शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासयोधिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति + ऋष्टि + प्रास + योधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विध्वस्तचामरमुखान्: whose front/face (or head-ornaments) were shattered; with shattered chāmaras at the front
• विध्वस्तचामरमुखान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध्वस्त + चामर + मुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विप्रविद्धप्रकीर्णकान्: pierced and scattered/dispersed
• विप्रविद्धप्रकीर्णकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रविद्ध + प्रकीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• weapons: śakti, ṛṣṭi, prāsa
• cāmara (royal insignia/standards)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of disciplined training and weapon-skill in war, while implicitly pointing to war’s ethical burden: such skill, though admirable as kṣatriya competence, results in shattered ranks and scattered lives, reminding the listener of the human cost behind martial excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a phase of intense fighting in which well-trained mounted warriors, using spears and javelins, break the enemy’s front ranks and insignia, piercing and dispersing them so that their formation collapses into confusion.