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Shloka 3

Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda

Disclosure and Consolation

यथा तदभवद्‌ युद्ध॑ पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ । भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिरनुत्तमम्‌,महात्मा पाण्डवोंका भीष्म, कर्ण, कृपाचार्य, द्रोणाचार्य और शल्य आदिके साथ जो परम उत्तम युद्ध हुआ था, वह किस तरह हुआ?

yathā tad abhavad yuddhaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | bhīṣma-karṇa-kṛpa-droṇa-śalyādibhir anuttamam ||

வாசுதேவர் கூறினார்—மகாத்மா பாண்டவர்களுக்கு எதிராக பீஷ்மன், கர்ணன், க்ருபர், த்ரோணர், சல்யன் முதலிய முதன்மை வீரர்களுடன் நிகழ்ந்த அந்த ஒப்பற்றப் போர் எவ்வாறு ஏற்பட்டது? அது எந்த முறையில் விரிந்தது என்பதைச் சொல்.

यथाas, in what manner
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
तत्that (event/thing)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अभवत्was, happened
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (ones)
महात्मनाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
भीष्मby/with Bhīṣma
भीष्म:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
कर्णby/with Karṇa
कर्ण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
कृपby/with Kṛpa
कृप:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकृप
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
द्रोणby/with Droṇa
द्रोण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
शल्यby/with Śalya
शल्य:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशल्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
आदिभिःand others (beginning with them)
आदिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआदि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, excellent
अनुत्तमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वसुदेव उवाच

V
Vasudeva
P
Pāṇḍavas
B
Bhīṣma
K
Karṇa
K
Kṛpācārya (Kṛpa)
D
Droṇācārya (Droṇa)
Ś
Śalya

Educational Q&A

The verse frames the Kurukṣetra war as an ethically weighty event and models dhārmic inquiry: one should seek a truthful account of how great persons acted and how a conflict of such consequence unfolded, rather than treating war as mere spectacle.

Vasudeva, as the speaker, asks for a detailed narration of the great war—specifically how the Pāṇḍavas fought against renowned elders and champions like Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, and Śalya—inviting a recounting of its course and key encounters.