Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अन्ये च बहव: शूरा मदर्थ त्यक्तजीविता: । नानाश्त्रप्रहरणा: सर्वे युद्धविशारदा:,“और भी मेरे लिये जीवनकी आशा त्याग देनेवाले बहुत-से शूरवीर अनेक प्रकारके शस्त्रास्त्रोंस सुसज्जित और सब-के-सब युद्धमें चतुर हैं

Transliteration

anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ | nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

และยังมีวีรบุรุษอีกมากมาย ผู้ละทิ้งความหวังจะรักษาชีวิตไว้เพื่อข้าพเจ้า ทุกคนพร้อมด้วยอาวุธนานาชนิด และล้วนชำนาญศึก

Word by Word

अन्येothers

चand

बहवःmany

शूराःheroes/warriors

मत्-अर्थम्for my sake

त्यक्त-जीविताःhaving abandoned life (ready to give up life)

नाना-अस्त्र-प्रहरणाःequipped with various weapons/missiles

सर्वेall

युद्ध-विशारदाःskilled in battle

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?

The verse highlights the warrior-ethic of steadfast loyalty and readiness for self-sacrifice in a righteous cause as understood by the speaker: true martial commitment is shown by those who do not cling to life and who prepare themselves with skill and discipline for the demands of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues describing the assembled fighters, emphasizing that many additional valiant warriors stand prepared—well-armed and battle-experienced—who have resolved to risk (and even relinquish) their lives for the speaker’s side and purpose.