Shloka 13
उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations
Devanagari script
प्रभद्रकाश्न॒ पञज्चाला: षट्सहस्रा: प्रहारिण:
Transliteration
prabhadrakāś ca pañcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
Translation
ప్రభద్రకులు మరియు పాంచాలులు—ఆరు వేల మంది—ప్రహారకులై ముందుకు దూసుకెళ్లారు।
Word by Word
प्रभद्रकाःthe Prabhadrakas (a people/warrior-group)
प्रभद्रकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभद्रक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चालाःthe Panchalas
पञ्चालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
षट्सहस्राःsix-thousand (in number)
षट्सहस्राः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषट्सहस्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रहारिणःstrikers/attackers; those who smite
प्रहारिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहारिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)प
प्रभद्रकाः (Prabhadrakas)प
पञ्चालाः (Pañcālas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights collective resolve and the momentum of armed duty in a righteous-war framework: large bodies of warriors act as a single force, showing how allegiance and obligation can drive intense violence, inviting reflection on the moral weight of mass conflict.
Sañjaya reports that the Prabhadrakas together with the Pañcālas, numbering six thousand, are actively attacking—depicting a significant Pañcāla-aligned contingent pressing the fight during the Drona Parva battles.