Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्रेकितानश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्न पार्षत: । विराटो द्रुपदश्चैव माद्रीपुत्री च पाण्डवी

Transliteration

sātyakiśrekitānaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ | virāṭo drupadaś caiva mādrīputrī ca pāṇḍavī ||

Translation

ਉੱਥੇ ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ ਅਤੇ ਚੇਕਿਤਾਨ ਵੀ ਸਨ; ਅਤੇ ਪਾਰ੍ਸ਼ਤ (ਦ੍ਰੁਪਦ) ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਧ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਦ੍ਯੁਮਨ; ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿਰਾਟ ਅਤੇ ਦ੍ਰੁਪਦ; ਅਤੇ ਮਾਦ੍ਰੀ ਦੀ ਧੀ ਪਾਂਡਵੀ ਵੀ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेकितानः: Śrekītāna (a warrior/hero)
• श्रेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्षतः: the Pārṣata (son of Pṛṣata; epithet of Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विराटः: Virāṭa
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रुपदः: Drupada
• द्रुपदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• माद्रीपुत्री: Mādrī's daughter (here: a Mādrī-born Pāṇḍavī)
• माद्रीपुत्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्री-पुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवी: a Pāṇḍavī (female descendant of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• Śrekitāna
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Drupada
• Virāṭa
• Mādrī
• Pāṇḍava (lady)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a dharmic reminder that war in the epic is not merely personal rivalry but a collective undertaking shaped by alliances, obligations, and chosen loyalties; naming leaders highlights responsibility and the ethical weight borne by those who commit their strength to a cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is enumerating notable warriors and royal allies on the Pāṇḍava side, continuing a catalog of participants as the armies are arrayed for the Kurukṣetra battle.