Shloka 283

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

अभ्यद्रवन्‌ महाराज दुर्योधनपुरोगमा: । महाराज! दुर्योधन आदि कौरववीर दोनों हाथ और शस्त्र उठाकर महान्‌ कोलाहल एवं सिंहनाद करते हुए शत्रुओंपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

abhyadravan mahārāja duryodhana-purogamāḥ |

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О царь, во главе с Дурьодханой герои кауравов ринулись вперёд. Подняв руки и оружие, они обрушились на врага среди великого грохота и львиного рыка — образ яростного напора войны, где гордыня и ратный пыл толкают людей стремглав в насилие».

Word by Word

• अभ्यद्रवन्: they rushed/charged towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु (द्रव्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, परस्मैपद

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः: having Duryodhana in front/led by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधन-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava warriors
• enemy forces (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how leadership and collective emotion (martial pride, excitement, aggression) can propel an army into violence. Ethically, it invites reflection on how loud displays of valor and dominance may mask deeper causes—attachment, anger, and delusion—that drive war forward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Duryodhana, at the head of the Kaurava fighters, launches a charge. The warriors raise weapons and shout loudly, roaring like lions as they rush to attack their opponents.