Shloka 9

भीष्म-द्रोणादिभिः पाण्डवसेनाक्षयकाल-निर्णयः | Time-estimates for the depletion of the Pāṇḍava forces

Bhīṣma–Droṇa council

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा सहानीकस्त्रिगर्तश्ष महारथ: । दुर्योधनश्व नृपतिर्श्नातृभि: परिवारित:

Transliteration

kṛtavarmā sahānīkas trigartaś ca mahārathaḥ | duryodhanaś ca nṛpatir bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—กฤตวรมาพร้อมกองทัพของตน วีรบุรุษแห่งตรีครตผู้เป็นมหารถี และพระเจ้าทุรโยธนะผู้มีพี่น้องรายล้อม—ทั้งหมดนั้นเคลื่อนในกระบวนยุทธ์ โดยยกทุรโยธนะไว้เป็นผู้นำหน้า

Word by Word

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• अनीकः: army/host
• अनीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिगर्तः: the Trigarta (king/warrior)
• त्रिगर्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• नृपतिः: king (lord of men)
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातृभिः: by/with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवारितः: surrounded/attended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √वृ (वृञ् वरणे) / परिवारित (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle sense)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛtavarmā
• Trigarta (people/king/warrior)
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava brothers (bhrātṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how strength—army, elite warriors, and family solidarity—can be organized efficiently yet still serve an adharma-driven objective. It invites reflection on the ethical direction of loyalty: kinship and alliance are powerful, but their moral worth depends on the cause they uphold.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana lists key Kaurava-aligned leaders—Kṛtavarmā with his troops, the Trigarta great warrior, and King Duryodhana surrounded by his brothers—moving together in an ordered military procession/formation, with Duryodhana placed at the front as the focal leader.