Shloka 1

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

Devanagari script

है ० बक। है २ एकोनविशो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठिर और ६ कि यहाँ सहायताके लिये आयी हुई ओंका संक्षिप्त विवरण वैशमग्पायन उवाच युयुधानस्ततो वीर: सात्वतानां महारथ: । महता चतुरड्रेण बलेनागाद्‌ युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | Yuyudhānas tato vīraḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ | mahatā caturaṅgeṇa balenāgād yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: Então o herói Yuyudhāna, grande guerreiro de carro entre os Sātvatas, veio a Yudhiṣṭhira acompanhado de um grande exército de quatro divisões.

Word by Word

• yuyudhānaḥ: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• yuyudhānaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuyudhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)

• vīraḥ: hero, brave man
• vīraḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sātvatānām: of the Sātvatas (Vr̥ṣṇis)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sātvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• mahā-rathaḥ: great chariot-warrior
• mahā-rathaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• mahatā: with great
• mahatā: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• catur-aṅgeṇa: with fourfold (army)
• catur-aṅgeṇa: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• balena: with an army/force
• balena: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• agāt: went, came
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• yudhiṣṭhiram: to Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhiram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Sātvatas
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• caturaṅga-bala (fourfold army)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous action (dharma) is strengthened not only by personal virtue but also by timely support from allies; offering aid to a just cause becomes an ethical commitment with consequences in war and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), a leading warrior of the Sātvata/Vṛṣṇi line, arrives to meet Yudhiṣṭhira, bringing a substantial fourfold army—signaling the consolidation of forces before the Kurukṣetra war.