Shloka 39
Devanagari script
चेकितान: शिखण्डी च द्रौपदेयाश्ष॒ मारिष
Transliteration
cekitānaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca draupadeyāś ca māriṣa
Translation
三阇耶说道：“车吉多那、尸佉ṇḍī，以及德劳帕底之子们也在其中，尊者啊。”
Word by Word
चेकितानःChekitāna (a warrior)
चेकितानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेकितान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शिखण्डीŚikhaṇḍī (a warrior)
शिखण्डी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखण्डिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
द्रौपदेयाःthe sons of Draupadī (Draupadeyas)
द्रौपदेयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौपदेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मारिषO noble one / O sir
मारिष:
TypeNoun
Rootमारिष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaC
CekitānaŚ
ŚikhaṇḍīD
Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)D
DraupadīCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how the epic frames war through named individuals and lineages: responsibility and consequence are carried by identifiable persons, not anonymous forces, reminding the listener that dharma in conflict is judged through the conduct of particular warriors and their loyalties.
Sañjaya is listing notable Pāṇḍava-side fighters present or engaged in the battle context—Cekitāna, Śikhaṇḍī, and Draupadī’s sons—addressing the listener respectfully as “māriṣa.”