Mahabharata 9.7.10 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 7, Shloka 10

Śalya Installed as Commander; Coalition Agreement and Battle Arrays (शल्यसेनापत्यारोहणं व्यूहवर्णनं च)

Devanagari script

जय राजंश्रविरञ्जीव जहि शत्रून्‌ समागतान्‌ | तव बाहुबल प्राप्य धार्तराष्ट्रा महाबला:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jaya rājan śravirañjīva jahi śatrūn samāgatān | tava bāhubala-prāpya dhārtarāṣṭrā mahābalāḥ | iti satyaṃ bravīmy eṣa duryodhana na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Tâu Đại vương, hỡi Śravirañjīva, xin hãy chiến thắng—hãy đánh gục những kẻ thù đã tụ hội. Nhờ sức mạnh cánh tay của bệ hạ, các con trai hùng mạnh của Dhṛtarāṣṭra sẽ giành phần thắng.” Đó là lời chân thật ta thưa, hỡi Duryodhana; không chút nghi ngờ.

Word by Word

• जय: conquer / be victorious
• जय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रविरञ्जीव: O Śravirañjīva (proper name/epithet)
• श्रविरञ्जीव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रविरञ्जीव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जहि: slay
• जहि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समागतान्: assembled / come together
• समागतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• बाहुबलम्: strength of (your) arms
• बाहुबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहुबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained / relying on
• प्राप्य: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive)

• धार्तराष्ट्राः: the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra / the Kauravas
• धार्तराष्ट्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाबलाः: very strong
• महाबलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say
• ब्रवीमि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Laṭ, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एषः: this (person/one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• न: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (via dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ)
• Śravirañjīva (epithet/name in address)
• the assembled enemies (śatravaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse illustrates how martial exhortation and assurances of victory are used to harden resolve in war. Ethically, it highlights the tension between confidence grounded in physical power (bāhubala) and the larger Mahābhārata concern that victory and legitimacy ultimately depend on dharma, not merely force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an exhortation addressed to the king and to Duryodhana: the speaker urges the king to defeat the assembled enemies and asserts that, supported by the king’s arm-strength, the Dhṛtarāṣṭras (Kauravas) will be victorious—stating this as a certain truth without doubt.