Shloka 19

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनप्रभूतय: प्रगृहीतशरासना: । भृशमश्रैः प्रजवितै: प्रययुर्यत्र ते रथा:,इधर, उस समरभूमिमें अभिमन्युको भीमसेन तथा धृष्टद्युम्नससे मिला हुआ देख आपकी सेनाके दुर्योधन आदि महारथी हाथोंमें धनुष लिये अत्यन्त वेगशाली अअश्रोंद्वारा वहाँ जा पहुँचे, जहाँ वे बारह पाण्डवपक्षीय महारथी विद्यमान थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana-prabhūtayaḥ pragṛhīta-śarāsanāḥ | bhṛśam aśraiḥ prajavitaiḥ prayayur yatra te rathāḥ ||

Translation

दुर्योधनप्रभूतयः प्रगृहीतशरासनाः । भृशमश्वैः प्रजवितैः प्रययुर्यत्र ते रथाः ॥

Word by Word

दुर्योधनप्रभूतयःthose beginning with Duryodhana (Duryodhana and others)

प्रगृहीतशरासनाःhaving taken up bows

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

अश्रैःwith weapons/missiles

प्रजवितैःimpelled, sped on; very swift

प्रययुःthey went/advanced

यत्रwhere

तेthose

रथाःchariots

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

horses (aśva)

bows (śarāsana)

chariots (ratha)

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 how leadership and intent convert inner hostility into organized action. Ethically, it warns that when power and resolve are yoked to anger, conflict accelerates rapidly—making restraint and discernment crucial even amid kṣatriya warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana and the Kaurava warriors, holding their bows ready, rush forward in their chariots driven by swift horses toward the position where the opposing chariots (Pāṇḍava-side forces) are gathered.