Shloka 45

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

युज्यतां वाहिनी साधु वधसाध्या हि मे मता: । न धार॑राष्ट्रा: शक्ष्यन्ति स्थातुं दृष्टवा धनंजयम्‌

Transliteration

yujyatāṁ vāhinī sādhu vadhasādhyā hi me matāḥ | na dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ śakṣyanti sthātuṁ dṛṣṭvā dhanañjayam ||

Translation

युज्यतां वाहिनी साधु वधसाध्या हि मे मता: । न धार्तराष्ट्रा: शक्ष्यन्ति स्थातुं दृष्ट्वा धनंजयम् ॥

Word by Word

युज्यताम्let (it) be yoked/arrayed

वाहिनीarmy, host

साधुwell, properly

वधसाध्याto be accomplished by killing; killable (only by slaying)

हिindeed, for

मेof me, my

मताconsidered, thought

नnot

धार्तराष्ट्राःthe sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)

शक्ष्यन्तिwill be able

स्थातुम्to stand, to remain

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

धनंजयम्Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

vāhinī (army)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the inevitability of consequences when adharma drives a conflict: once war is embraced, preparedness and resolve follow, and those aligned with wrongdoing are portrayed as unable to withstand the righteous and capable hero (Arjuna).

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker urges that the forces be properly arranged for battle and predicts that the Kaurava side will not be able to maintain their position when they face Arjuna, highlighting his decisive presence in the coming confrontation.