Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्न धृष्टय्युम्नश्न पार्षतः । प्रभद्रकाश्नव पडचाला भीमसेनमुखा ययु:,सेनाके आगे-आगे भीमसेन, कवचधारी माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेव, सुभद्राकुमार अभिमन्यु, द्रौपदीके सभी पुत्र, ट्रपदकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न, प्रभद्रकमण और पांचालदेशीय क्षत्रिय वीर चले। इन सबने भीमसेनको अपने आगे कर लिया था

Transliteration

saubhadro draupadeyāś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ | prabhadrakāś ca pañcālā bhīmasenamukhā yayuḥ ||

Translation

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः । प्रभद्रकाश्च पाञ्चालाः भीमसेनमुखा ययुः ॥

Word by Word

सौभद्रःthe son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)

द्रौपदेयाःthe sons of Draupadī

चand

धृष्टद्युम्नःDhṛṣṭadyumna

चand

पार्षतःPārṣata (Drupada’s son/ally)

प्रभद्रकाःthe Prabhadrakas (a troop/people)

चand

पाञ्चालाःthe Pāñcālas

भीमसेनमुखाःhaving Bhīmasena at the front/foremost

ययुःwent/marched

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)

Draupadī

Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Pṛṣata (as lineage-epithet: Pārṣata)

Prabhadrakas

Pāñcālas

Bhīmasena

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 highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed through disciplined leadership and collective resolve: the allied heroes advance in unity, placing a proven protector (Bhīma) at the front to safeguard the host and embody courage in the face of impending war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the forward movement of the Pāṇḍava-aligned forces: Abhimanyu, the Draupadeyas, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and allied Prabhadraka and Pāñcāla warriors march with Bhīmasena leading from the front.