Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एतानेतावतस्तत्र तानपश्यं समागतान्‌ | ये पाण्डवार्थे योत्स्यन्ति धार्तराष्ट्रस्य वाहिनीम्‌,मैंने इन सबको इतनी सेनाओंके साथ वहाँ आया हुआ देखा है। ये लोग पाण्डवोंके हितके लिये दुर्योधनकी सेनाके साथ युद्ध करेंगे

Transliteration

etānetāvatastatra tān apaśyaṁ samāgatān | ye pāṇḍavārthe yotsyanti dhārtarāṣṭrasya vāhinīm ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను— అక్కడ నేను వీరందరినీ ఇంతటి సేనాబలంతో సమాగమించినట్లు చూచితిని. పాండవుల హితార్థం వీరు ధృతరాష్ట్రపుత్రుని సేనతో యుద్ధం చేయుదురు.

Word by Word

एतान्these (men)

एतावतःso many, of this extent

तत्रthere

तान्them

अपश्यंI saw

समागतान्assembled, come together

येwho

पाण्डव-अर्थेfor the sake of the Pāṇḍavas

योत्स्यन्तिwill fight

धार्तराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra's (i.e., Duryodhana's side)

वाहिनीम्army, host

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Dhārtarāṣṭra army (Kaurava host)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical axis of allegiance: warriors align themselves with the Pāṇḍavas because they regard their cause as just, implying that dharma can outweigh ties to the ruling power or even to one’s broader clan.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king Dhṛtarāṣṭra what he has seen: many warriors have gathered, and these are the fighters who intend to wage war on behalf of the Pāṇḍavas against the Kaurava host.