Shloka 7

पाण्डवसेनानायकाभिषेकः तथा बलरामागमन-उपदेशः | Appointment of Pandava Commanders and Balarama’s Counsel

Devanagari script

सकाण्डदण्डका: सर्वे ससीरविषतोमरा: । सशूर्पपिटका: सर्वे सदात्राड॒कुशतोमरा:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sakāṇḍadaṇḍakāḥ sarve saśīravīṣatomarāḥ |

saśūrpapiṭakāḥ sarve sadātrāḍakuśatomarāḥ ||

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: Todos eles estavam munidos de bastões e clavas, e de dardos cujas pontas estavam besuntadas de veneno. Levavam também abanadores de joeirar e cestos, além de foices, aguilhadas e lanças — um inventário de armas e utensílios reunidos para o conflito vindouro, mostrando quão completamente as forças se prepararam para a guerra, adaptando até ferramentas comuns em instrumentos de violência.

Word by Word

• सकाण्डदण्डकाः: having staff-weapons with shafts
• सकाण्डदण्डकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काण्डदण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ससीरविषतोमराः: having ploughshare-like, poison(-tipped) javelins
• ससीरविषतोमराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सीरविषतोमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सशूर्पपिटकाः: having winnowing-fans and baskets
• सशूर्पपिटकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर्पपिटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सदात्राडकुशतोमराः: having sickles, adzes, goads, and javelins
• सदात्राडकुशतोमराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दात्राडकुशतोमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• daṇḍa (staff/club)
• tomara (javelin/spear)
• poison (vīṣa)
• śūrpa (winnowing fan)
• piṭaka (basket)
• dātra (sickle)
• aṅkuśa (goad)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim thoroughness of war-preparation: even everyday implements (fans, baskets, sickles, goads) are pressed into service as weapons. In the Udyoga Parva’s ethical atmosphere—where peace is still being weighed—this kind of arming highlights how quickly society can slide from ordinary life into organized violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the assembled forces and their equipment. The emphasis is on the variety of arms—clubs and spears, including poison-tipped javelins—indicating that the conflict is imminent and that combatants are being outfitted comprehensively.