Shloka 24
Devanagari script
एको5प्येषां महाराज समर्थ: संनिवारणे । समरे पाण्डवेयानां संक्रुद्धो ह्भिधावताम्
Transliteration
eko 'py eṣāṁ mahārāja samarthaḥ saṁnivāraṇe | samare pāṇḍaveyānāṁ saṁkruddho 'bhidhāvatām ||
Translation
持国王说道：“大王啊，他们之中纵使仅一人，也足以在战斗中遏止般度族的勇士——尤其当他怒火炽盛，而他们直冲而来之时。”
Word by Word
एकःalone, single
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
एषाम्of these (men)
एषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
समर्थःcapable
समर्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संनिवारणेin checking/warding off
संनिवारणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंनिवारण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पाण्डवेयानाम्of the Pandava warriors
पाण्डवेयानाम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपाण्डवेय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
संक्रुद्धःenraged
संक्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभिधावताम्of those charging/attacking
अभिधावताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-धाव्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
धघतयाट्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraP
Pāṇḍavas (Pāṇḍaveyāḥ)Character 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 highlights how, in war, a single exceptionally capable warrior can restrain a larger force—underscoring the ethical weight of individual power and the responsibility that comes with martial prowess.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks to a kingly interlocutor, emphasizing the battlefield reality that even one of the opposing champions can check the Pāṇḍava fighters when angered and confronted by their direct assault.