Shloka 3
अथ तव रथमुख्यास्तान् प्रतीयुस्त्वरन्तः कृपह्नदिकसुतौ च द्रौणिदुर्योधनौ च । शकुनिसुतवृकौ च क्राथदेवावृधौ च द्विदजलदघोषै: स्यन्दनै: कार्मुकैश्व
atha tava rathamukhyās tān pratīyus tvarantaḥ kṛpaḥ hārdikasutaś ca drauṇiḥ duryodhanaś ca | śakunisuta ulūkaś ca vṛkaś ca krāthadevaś ca devāvṛdhaś ca dvidajaladaghoṣaiḥ syandanaiḥ kārmukaiś ca ||
三阇耶说道：随后，陛下麾下最杰出的车战勇士急速迎上——克利波、哈尔迪迦之子克利多跋摩、德罗那之子阿湿婆他曼、以及杜罗约陀那；又有沙恭尼之子乌卢迦，并与弗利迦、克拉陀提婆、提婆阿弗利陀同来。他们登上战车，那车声如象吼、如雷云轰鸣；手持强弓，向前推进，以迎战般度族的英雄们。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the war-ethic of the epic: warriors, bound by allegiance and kṣatriya codes, rush into confrontation with great energy. Yet the grandeur of martial display (roaring chariots, raised bows) sits alongside the Mahābhārata’s larger moral tension—courage and duty can be exercised even in a conflict whose righteousness is contested.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that leading Kaurava-side chariot-warriors—Kṛpa, Kṛtavarman, Aśvatthāman, Duryodhana, and others—swiftly advance in loud, formidable chariots with bows in hand to meet the Pāṇḍava fighters on the battlefield.