Shloka 11

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

एवमेते महेष्वासास्तावका: पाण्डवै: सह । समेत्य समरे शूरा: सम्प्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे,इस प्रकार ये आपके महाधनुर्धर शूरवीर योद्धा पाण्डवोंके साथ समरभूमिमें युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

evam ete maheṣvāsās tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | sametya samare śūrāḥ samprahāraṃ pracakrire ||

Translation

ఇలా మీ మహాధనుర్ధర శూరవీరులు పాండవులతో సమరభూమిలో కలసి ఘోరంగా పరస్పర ప్రహారాలు ప్రారంభించారు.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

एतेthese

महेष्वासाःgreat bowmen

तावकाःyour (men), belonging to you

पाण्डवैःwith/by the Pandavas

सहtogether with

समेत्यhaving come together/assembled

समरेin battle

शूराःheroes, brave men

सम्प्रहारम्a clash, close combat

प्रचक्रिरेthey made/began (they set in motion)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tāvakāḥ')

Pāṇḍavas

Kaurava warriors (collective, implied by 'tāvakāḥ')

battlefield (samara)

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 highlights the momentum of war once opposing sides commit: valor and martial duty propel action, yet the ethical tension remains—kinsmen clash because dharma has been contested and political desire has overridden reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava champions and the Pāṇḍavas have met on the battlefield and have begun direct fighting—an escalation from positioning and challenge to active, mutual striking.