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Mahabharata 9.14.4Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 14, Shloka 4

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

अर्जुन रथवंशेन द्रोणपुत्रपुरोगमा:

arjuna rathavaṁśena droṇaputrapurogamāḥ

Sañjaya thưa: Đội hình chiến xa của Arjuna tiến lên, với con trai của Droṇa dẫn đầu—báo hiệu rằng đà trận đang được thúc đẩy bởi các dũng tướng cầm đầu và đoàn tùy tùng của họ, nơi võ lực và quyền chỉ huy định hình bạo lực đang mở ra cùng những hệ lụy đạo lý của nó.

अर्जुनArjuna
अर्जुन:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रथवंशेनby/with the line (succession) of chariots
रथवंशेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथवंश
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
द्रोणपुत्रपुरोगमाःhaving Drona's son (Ashvatthaman) in front; led by Drona's son
द्रोणपुत्रपुरोगमाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरोगम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

A
Arjuna
A
Aśvatthāman (Droṇa’s son)
C
chariot-line/formation (rathavaṁśa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how warfare is shaped by organized formations and decisive leadership; ethically, it points to the weight of responsibility borne by commanders and foremost warriors whose choices intensify or restrain destruction.

Sañjaya reports a battlefield movement: a chariot-column associated with Arjuna is described, and Droṇa’s son Aśvatthāman is noted as being at the front, indicating the advance or prominence of that leading fighter within the action.

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