Shloka 37

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

तथाप्येते महाराज रथिनो नृपसत्तम । अक्षौहिणीनां सर्वासां समेतानां जनेश्वर

Transliteration

tathāpy ete mahārāja rathino nṛpasattama | akṣauhiṇīnāṃ sarvāsāṃ sametānāṃ janeśvara ||

Translation

ถึงกระนั้น โอ้มหาราช โอ้ยอดแห่งกษัตริย์ โอ้เจ้าแห่งชน—เหล่านักรบรถศึกเหล่านี้ก็ยังชุมนุมยืนพร้อมกัน ประหนึ่งว่ากองทัพอักษৌหิณีทั้งสิ้นได้มารวมอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

तथाthus, so

अपिeven, also, nevertheless

एतेthese

महाराजO great king

रथिनःchariot-warriors

नृपसत्तमO best of kings

अक्षौहिणीनाम्of the armies (akṣauhiṇīs)

सर्वासाम्of all

समेतानाम्assembled, gathered

जनेश्वरO lord of men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahārāja (addressed king)

Rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)

Akṣauhiṇī (army division)

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 underscores the vast scale and organized might of the assembled forces, reminding the listener that war is not merely personal rivalry but a collective, systematized undertaking involving entire armies and rulers—heightening the ethical weight of decisions made by kings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes to the king that the chariot-warriors were gathered together as part of all the akṣauhiṇī armies, emphasizing that the full military strength had converged for the coming conflict.