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Shloka 2

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Disclosure, Drupada’s Counsel, and the Petition to Yakṣa Sthūṇākarṇa

Udyoga Parva 192

पाण्डवेयस्य गाज़ेय यदेतत्‌ सैन्यमुद्यतम्‌ । प्रभूतनरनागाश्चं महारथसमाकुलम्‌

sañjaya uvāca | pāṇḍaveyasya gāṅgeya yad etat sainyam udyatam | prabhūta-nara-nāgāśvaṃ mahāratha-samākulam |

Sañjaya thưa: “Hỡi Gāṅgeya, đạo quân của các Pāṇḍava đang sẵn sàng xuất trận thật mênh mông—đầy ắp bộ binh, tượng binh và kỵ binh, lại chen chúc những chiến xa của các đại chiến tướng. Đó là một thế lực đáng sợ, khó lòng chống đỡ.”

पाण्डवेयस्यof the son/descendant of Pāṇḍu (i.e., of the Pāṇḍava)
पाण्डवेयस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डवेय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
गाङ्गेयO Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā)
गाङ्गेय:
TypeNoun
Rootगाङ्गेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यत्which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सैन्यम्army
सैन्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसैन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उद्यतम्raised; ready; set forth
उद्यतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-यत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
प्रभूतabundant; many
प्रभूत:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभूत
Form—, —, —
नरmen; foot-soldiers
नर:
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, —, —
नागाःelephants
नागाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महारथgreat chariot-warriors
महारथ:
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, —, —
समाकुलम्crowded; filled; thronged
समाकुलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाकुल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
G
Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)
P
Pāṇḍavas
P
Pāṇḍava army
M
mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
I
infantry (nara)
W
war-elephants (nāga)
H
horses/cavalry (aśva)

Educational Q&A

The verse models sober assessment before conflict: leadership must recognize the scale, composition, and strength of forces rather than act from pride or denial—an ethical prerequisite for responsible decision-making in war.

Sañjaya addresses Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya) and reports that the Pāṇḍava host is fully mobilized, immense in numbers, and packed with elite chariot-warriors—signaling the seriousness and inevitability of the coming battle.