Shloka 50

Devanagari script

बहिर्गियाज्गमलजा मगधा मानवर्जका: । समन्तरा: प्रावृषेया भार्गवाश्व जनाधिप

Transliteration

bahirgiyājgamalajā magadhā mānavarjakāḥ | samantarāḥ prāvṛṣeyā bhārgavāśva janādhipa

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—அரசே, இன்னும் பலக் குழுக்களும் வந்திருந்தனர்—வெளிப்புற நாடுகளினர், மகதர், மானவர்ஜகர், சமந்தரர், பிராவ்ருஷேயர், பார்கவாஷ்வர் ஆகியோரும்.

Word by Word

बहिःoutside

गिरिmountain

अज्गमलजाAjgamalajā (a people/tribe name; uncertain reading)

मगधाःthe Magadhas

मानवर्जकाःMānavarjakas (a people/tribe name)

समन्तराःSamantaras (a people/tribe name)

प्रावृषेयाःPrāvṛṣeyas (a people/tribe name)

भार्गवाश्वO Bhārgavāśva (name; lit. 'Bhārgava's horse')

जनाधिपO lord of people, king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address janādhipa)

Magadha

Magadhas

Mānavarjakas

Samantaras

Prāvṛṣeyas

Bhārgavāśvas

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 the vast, multi-regional coalition drawn into the Kurukṣetra conflict, highlighting how political ambition and allegiance can pull many peoples into a single war—an ethical reminder of the wide human cost of adharma-driven rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues listing the various peoples and contingents present in the war formation, naming groups such as the Magadhas and others to convey the scale and diversity of the assembled forces.