Shloka 55

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्न धृष्टय्युम्नश्न पार्षतः । प्रभद्रकाश्नव पडचाला भीमसेनमुखा ययु:

Transliteration

saubhadro draupadeyāś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ | prabhadrakāś ca pañcālā bhīmasenamukhā yayuḥ ||

Translation

อภิมันยุโอรสสุภัททรา เหล่าบุตรของเทราปที ธฤษฏทยุมน์โอรสแห่งปฤษตะ เหล่านักรบปรภัทรกะ และวีรชนแห่งปัญจาล—ทั้งหมดเคลื่อนทัพโดยมีภีมเสนเป็นผู้นำหน้า

Word by Word

• सौभद्रः: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र (सुभद्रा-अपत्य)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौपदेयाः: the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय (द्रौपदी-अपत्य)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्षतः: Pārṣata (Drupada’s son/ally)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभद्रकाः: the Prabhadrakas (a troop/people)
• प्रभद्रकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाञ्चालाः: the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमसेनमुखाः: having Bhīmasena at the front/foremost
• भीमसेनमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेनमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ययुः: went/marched
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थक धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)
• Draupadī
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pṛṣata (as lineage-epithet: Pārṣata)
• Prabhadrakas
• Pāñcālas
• Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed through disciplined leadership and collective resolve: the allied heroes advance in unity, placing a proven protector (Bhīma) at the front to safeguard the host and embody courage in the face of impending war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the forward movement of the Pāṇḍava-aligned forces: Abhimanyu, the Draupadeyas, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and allied Prabhadraka and Pāñcāla warriors march with Bhīmasena leading from the front.