Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यथाविधमनीकं तु धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डव । नास्य शक्रो5पि मुच्येत सम्प्राप्तो बाणगोचरम्‌,'पाण्डुनन्दन! दुर्योधनकी सेनाका जैसा व्यूह दिखायी दे रहा है, उससे यह जान पड़ता है कि उसके बाणोंके मार्गमें आ जानेपर इन्द्र भी जीवित नहीं छूट सकते

Transliteration

yathāvidham anīkaṃ tu dhārtarāṣṭrasya pāṇḍava | nāsya śakro 'pi mucyeta samprāpto bāṇagocaram ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О Пандава, боевой строй дхритараштровцев кажется выстроенным в совершенном порядке. Так смертоносна даль их стрел, что даже Шакра (Индра), окажись он в пределах досягаемости, не ушёл бы живым.»

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

अविधम्irregular, not according to rule

अनीकम्army, troop, battle-array

तुbut, indeed

धार्तराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son (Duryodhana)

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava

नnot

अस्यof him, his

शक्रःIndra

अपिeven, also

मुच्येतwould be released/escape

सम्प्राप्तःhaving reached, having come into

बाणगोचरम्range/field of arrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (addressed warrior, likely Arjuna)

Dhārtarāṣṭra/Kaurava army (Duryodhana’s side)

Śakra (Indra)

bāṇa (arrows)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grave consequences of disciplined martial organization: when an army is arranged ‘according to rule’ and its missile-range is effectively controlled, even the mightiest can be endangered. Ethically, it highlights the seriousness of kṣatriya warfare—skill and formation amplify responsibility and the scale of harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes to the listener the formidable, well-ordered Kaurava battle-array. He emphasizes its lethal arrow-range by hyperbole: even Indra would not survive if he entered that field of arrows, conveying the intensity and danger of the impending engagement.