Shloka 60
दुर्योधन–द्रोणसंवादः
Arjuna-vīrya-prasaṃśā and renewed battle formation
दुःशासनो वृषसेनो मद्रराजस्त्वमेव च | सोमदत्तश्न भूरिश्व॒ तथा द्रौणिविविंशति:
sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsano vṛṣaseno madrarājas tvam eva ca | somadattaś ca bhūriśravāḥ tathā drauṇir viviṁśatiḥ ||
ਦੁಃਸ਼ਾਸਨ, ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਸੇਨ, ਮਦ੍ਰਰਾਜ—ਅਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਆਪ ਵੀ—ਸੋਮਦੱਤ, ਭੂਰੀਸ਼੍ਰਵਾ, ਅਤੇ ਦ੍ਰੌਣੀ ਤੇ ਵਿਵਿੰਸ਼ਤੀ ਵੀ ਸਨ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a moral reminder through enumeration: many renowned warriors—bound by loyalty, ambition, or kinship—become participants in a destructive conflict, illustrating how collective alignment with questionable aims can magnify harm and karmic consequence.
Sañjaya is listing key Kaurava-side fighters (including Śalya, Aśvatthāman, and others), situating the scale and seriousness of the forces involved in the Drona Parva’s battle narrative.