Shloka 2

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

तथैव सात्वतो राजन हार्दिक्य: परवीरहा । अभ्यद्रवत संग्रामे पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम्‌,नरेश्वर! इसी प्रकार शत्रुवीरोंका विनाश करनेवाले सात्वतवंशी कृतवर्माने उस संग्राममें पाण्डवोंकी सेनापर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tathaiva sātvato rājan hārdikyaḥ paravīrahā | abhyadravat saṅgrāme pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinīm, nareśvara ||

Translation

तथैव सात्वतो राजन् हार्दिक्यः परवीरहा । अभ्यद्रवत् संग्रामे पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् ॥

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

सात्वतःthe Sātvata (Kṛtavarman, of the Sātvata clan)

राजन्O king

हार्दिक्यःHārdikya (Kṛtavarman, son of Hṛdīka)

परवीरहाslayer of enemy-heroes

अभ्यद्रवत्rushed/charged towards

संग्रामेin the battle

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas

वरूथिनीम्army, host, battalion

नर-ईश्वरO lord of men (O king)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by addresses rājan/nareśvara)

Kṛtavarmā

Sātvata lineage

Pandavas

Pandava army (varūthinī)

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 lineage, reputation, and martial duty propel warriors into action; it also implicitly raises the ethical tension of celebrated heroism being expressed through violence in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛtavarmā, a Sātvata warrior known for killing enemy champions, charged into the battle against the Pandavas’ army formation.