Shloka 42

भरतनन्दन! जो भूपाल मेरा प्रिय करना चाहते हैं, वे सब उन पाण्डवोंको आगे बढ़नेसे उसी प्रकार रोक देंगे, जैसे फन्देसे हिरनके बच्चोंको रोका जाता है ।। महता रथवंशेन शरजालैश्व मामकै: । अभिद्रुता भविष्यन्ति पञ्चाला: पाण्डवैः सह,मेरे पक्षकी विशाल रथसेना तथा मेरे सैनिकोंके बाणसमूहोंसे आहत होकर पांचाल और पाण्डव भाग खड़े होंगे

bharatanandana! ye bhūpālā mama priyaṁ kartum icchanti, te sarve tān pāṇḍavān agre gantuṁ tathā rotsyianti yathā phandena hariṇa-śiśūn rotsyante. mahatā rathavaṁśena śarajālaiś ca māmakaiḥ abhidrūtā bhaviṣyanti pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha.

ఓ భరతనందనా! నా ప్రీతిని కోరే భూపాలులందరూ పాండవుల పురోగతిని, ఉచ్చుతో జింక పిల్లలను ఆపినట్లు, అడ్డుకుంటారు. నా పక్షంలోని మహా రథసేన మరియు నా వీరుల బాణజాలం తాకి, పాంచాలులు పాండవులతో కలిసి పారిపోతారు.

महताby/with great (force)
महता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
रथवंशेनby the line/host of chariots (chariot-corps)
रथवंशेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथवंश
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
शरजालैःby nets/volleys of arrows
शरजालैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरजाल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मामकैःby my (men), belonging to me
मामकैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमामक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अभिद्रुताःrouted; put to flight
अभिद्रुताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिद्रुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भविष्यन्तिwill be / will become
भविष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural
पञ्चालाःthe Panchalas
पञ्चालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पाण्डवैःwith/by the Pandavas
पाण्डवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
P
Pāṇḍavas
P
Pāñcālas
K
kings (bhūpālas)
C
chariot-host (rathavaṁśa)
A
arrows/volley (śarajāla)
S
snare (phanda)
Y
young deer (hariṇa-śiśu)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how attachment to power and the desire for dominance can eclipse dharma: Duryodhana measures success by military force and political loyalty, not by justice, restraint, or reconciliation.

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and mobilization, Duryodhana boasts that allied kings will stop the Pāṇḍavas’ advance and that his chariot forces and arrow volleys will rout the Pāṇḍavas and their Pāñcāla allies.