Shloka 2

महाव्यूहप्रवर्तनम् / Deployment of the Great Battle Arrays

Devanagari script

विश्रम्य च यथान्यायं पूजयित्वा परस्परम्‌ | संनद्धा: समदृश्यन्त भूयो युद्धचिकीर्षया,यथायोग्य विश्राम करके एक-दूसरेकी प्रशंसा करते हुए वे लोग पुनः युद्ध करनेकी इच्छासे तैयार दिखायी देने लगे

Transliteration

viśramya ca yathānyāyaṃ pūjayitvā parasparam | saṃnaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta bhūyo yuddhacikīrṣayā ||

Translation

యథావిధిగా విశ్రాంతి తీసుకొని, పరస్పరం గౌరవించి, వారు మళ్లీ యుద్ధం చేయాలనే తపనతో సంపూర్ణంగా సన్నద్ధులై కనిపించారు.

Word by Word

विश्रम्यhaving rested

चand

यथाas, according to

अन्यायम्custom/propriety (proper rule)

पूजयित्वाhaving honored

परस्परम्each other, mutually

संनद्धाःarmed, equipped

समदृश्यन्तappeared, were seen

भूयःagain, once more

युद्धचिकीर्षयाwith the desire to fight

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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?

Even in warfare, conduct is expected to follow nyāya (propriety and rule): rest is taken in due order, mutual honor is maintained, and then action resumes. The verse highlights a dharmic frame for conflict—discipline and respect do not vanish merely because opponents are about to fight.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a pause or interval, the combatants have taken appropriate rest and exchanged formal courtesies; then they re-arm and are seen ready once more, intent on continuing the battle.