Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच कुन्तयो युधि विक्रान्ता महासत्त्वा महाबला: । सानुबन्धा: सहामात्या गाज़ेयेन निपातिता:,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! अत्यन्त धीर, महान्‌ बलवान्‌ और पराक्रमी जो कुन्तिभोजदेशके योद्धा थे, उन्हें गंगानन्दन भीष्मने मन्त्रियों तथा सगे-सम्बन्धियोंसहित मार गिराया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca: kuntayo yudhi vikrāntā mahāsattvā mahābalāḥ | sānubandhāḥ sahāmātyā gāṅgeyena nipātitāḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О царь, воины Кунтибходжи — доблестные в бою, великого духа и великой силы — были повержены Бхишмой, сыном Ганги, вместе с их свитой, союзниками и министрами».

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

कुन्तयःthe Kuntis (Kuntibhoja people/warriors)

युधिin battle

विक्रान्ताःvaliant, having advanced boldly

महासत्त्वाःof great prowess/strength of spirit

महाबलाःvery strong

सानुबन्धाःtogether with their followers/relations

सहtogether with

अमात्यैःwith ministers/counsellors

गाङ्गेयेनby the son of Ganga (Bhishma)

निपातिताःwere struck down/slain

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by 'O King')

Bhishma (Ganga-putra, Gangeya)

Kuntis / Kuntibhoja warriors

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 highlights the moral weight of war: even the brave and well-supported are destroyed, along with their ministers and dependents, showing how conflict consumes not only fighters but the entire social and political fabric around them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to the king that Bhishma (Gangeya) has slain the Kunti/Kuntibhoja warriors in battle, and that their allied followers and ministers also fell with them.