Shloka 84

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

अमी स्थिता द्रौपदेया: पजच पठ्चाचला इव । व्यवस्थिता योद्धुकामा: सर्वेडर्जुनसमा युधि

Transliteration

amī sthitā draupadeyāḥ pañca parvatācalā iva | vyavasthitā yoddhukāmāḥ sarve ’rjunasamā yudhi ||

Translation

Śalya nói: “Kia là năm người con của Draupadī, đứng vững như năm đỉnh núi, bày trận với ý chí quyết chiến. Trên chiến địa, tất cả đều dũng mãnh ngang với Arjuna.”

Word by Word

• अमी: these (men)
• अमी: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (प्रातिपदिक: अमु-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थिताः: standing, stationed
• स्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या)
• Form: —, —, —

• पञ्च-अचलाः: five mountains
• पञ्च-अचलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: —, —, —

• व्यवस्थिताः: arrayed, well-positioned
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि/अव/सम् उपसर्गाः → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योद्धु-कामाः: desiring to fight
• योद्धु-कामाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध् (धातु) → योद्धु (तुमुन्) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्जुन-समाः: equal to Arjuna
• अर्जुन-समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक: युध्/युधि-; locative form used adverbially)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Draupadī
• Draupadeyas (the five sons of Draupadī / the Pāṇḍavas)
• Arjuna
• battlefield (yudhi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores steadiness (acalatva) and disciplined readiness as marks of true kṣatriya valor: warriors should stand firm, well-arrayed, and resolute, without being shaken by fear or spectacle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya points out the five Draupadeyas standing in battle formation, comparing their immovability to mountains and praising their fighting spirit by saying each is as formidable as Arjuna—an observation meant to assess the opposing strength and influence battlefield morale.