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Shloka 26

Śālva’s Elephant Assault and the Counterstroke (शाल्वस्य नागारूढाभ्यवहारः)

द्रौपद्यास्तनया: पञ्च माद्रीपुत्रोी च पाण्डवौ । शिखण्डी च महेष्वासो राजा चैव युधिछिर:

drau padyāḥ tanayāḥ pañca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | śikhaṇḍī ca maheṣvāso rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Sañjaya nói: “Ở đó có năm con trai của Draupadī, và hai Pāṇḍava do Mādrī sinh ra; lại có Śikhaṇḍī, cung thủ vĩ đại, và chính vua Yudhiṣṭhira. Với những anh hùng như thế chiến đấu về phía họ, làm sao chiến thắng lại không thuộc về họ?”

द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī
द्रौपद्याः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौपदी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तनयाःsons
तनयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतनय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
माद्रीपुत्रौthe two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva)
माद्रीपुत्रौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमाद्रीपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पाण्डवौthe two Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डवौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
शिखण्डीŚikhaṇḍī
शिखण्डी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखण्डिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महेष्वासःgreat bowman
महेष्वासः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहेष्वास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Draupadī
D
Draupadī’s five sons (Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Śrutakīrti, Śatānīka, Śrutasena)
M
Mādrī
N
Nakula
S
Sahadeva
Ś
Śikhaṇḍī
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
P
Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores a dharmic confidence: when a side is supported by capable, duty-bound leaders and disciplined allies, victory appears morally and strategically inevitable. It highlights how collective strength—rooted in rightful leadership and steadfast warriors—becomes a basis for hope in a righteous cause.

Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lists prominent Pāṇḍava-aligned warriors—Draupadī’s five sons, Nakula and Sahadeva, Śikhaṇḍī, and King Yudhiṣṭhira—implying that with such fighters on their side, the Pāṇḍavas’ success in the war is hard to doubt.