Shloka 15

भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King

Devanagari script

एवं व्यूढ॑ महाराज तव सैन्यं महारथै:

Transliteration

evaṁ vyūḍhaṁ mahārāja tava sainyaṁ mahārathaiḥ

Translation

桑阇耶说道：“大王啊，你的军队已由诸位大车战士如此布成战阵。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• व्यूढम्: arrayed, drawn up (in formation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यूढ (वि-√वह्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महारथैः: by/with great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kaurava army
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores disciplined organization and responsibility in warfare: an army’s power depends not only on numbers but on orderly formation and capable leadership—an implicit reminder that royal decisions and their consequences are carried through by commanders and troops.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the king’s forces have been arranged for battle, emphasizing that the deployment has been executed by the foremost warriors (mahārathas).