Shloka 19

Devanagari script

संनद्धा: समदृश्यन्त स्वेष्वनीकेष्ववस्थिता: । ये तथा और भी बहुत-से नीतिज्ञ महारथी राजा और राजकुमार दुर्योधनके वशमें रहकर कवच आदिसे सुसज्जित हो अपनी-अपनी सेनाओंमें खड़े दिखायी देते थे || १८ इ || बद्धकृष्णाजिना: सर्वे बलिनो युद्धशालिन:,इन सबने काले मृगचर्म बाँध रखे थे। सभी बलवान्‌ और युद्धभूमिमें सुशोभित होनेवाले थे और सबने दुर्योधनके हितके लिये बड़े हर्ष और उल्लासके साथ ब्रह्मलोककी दीक्षा ली थी। ये सामर्थ्यशाली दस वीर अपने सेनापतित्वमें दस सेनाओंको लेकर युद्धके लिये तैयार खड़े थे

Transliteration

saṁnaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta sveṣv anīkeṣv avasthitāḥ |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—संनद्धाः समदृश्यन्त स्वेष्वनीकेष्ववस्थिताः। दुर्योधनवशे स्थित्वा नीतिज्ञा महारथा: राजानो राजपुत्राश्च स्वस्वव्यूहेषु दृश्यिरे॥

Word by Word

संनद्धाःarmored, fully equipped

समदृश्यन्तwere seen/appeared

स्वेषुin their own

अनीकेषुin the divisions/armies

अवस्थिताःstanding, stationed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

kings (rājānaḥ)

princes (rājakumāraḥ)

great chariot-warriors (mahārathāḥ)

armor (kavaca)

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 disciplined readiness and organized power under a commander’s authority; ethically, it hints at how skill, strength, and strategic knowledge can be placed in the service of a chosen leader—raising the implicit question of whether loyalty and prowess align with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing the Kaurava side’s war preparedness: warriors are visibly armed and stationed in their respective divisions, indicating that the battle lines are set and the conflict is imminent.