Shloka 5

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्नलेकितानश्नव भीमसेनश्न वीर्यवान्‌ । एते सेनाप्रणेतारो वीरा: सर्वे तनुत्यज:,“इन सातों अक्षौहिणियोंके जो सात विख्यात सेनापति हैं, उनके नाम बताता हूँ, सुनो। द्रुपद, विराट, धृष्टद्युम्न, शिखण्डी, सात्यकि, चेकितान और पराक्रमी भीमसेन। ये सभी वीर हमारे लिये अपने शरीरका भी त्याग कर देनेको उद्यत हैं; अतः ये ही पाण्डवसेनाके संचालक होनेयोग्य हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sāt yakiś cekitānaś ca bhīmasenaś ca vīryavān | ete senāpraṇetāro vīrāḥ sarve tanutyajaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：萨提亚基、切吉坦与勇猛的毗摩塞那——他们是军中的英雄统帅，皆已决意舍身赴死。故而他们堪当引领并统御般度族大军。

Word by Word

सात्यकिःSatyaki

चेकितानःChekitana

चand

अश्वAshva (a proper name; lit. horse)

भीमसेनःBhimasena

वीर्यवान्mighty, valorous

एतेthese

सेनाप्रणेतारःleaders/commanders of the army

वीराःheroes

सर्वेall

तनुत्यजःready to give up their bodies (life)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sātyaki

Cekitāna

Bhīmasena

Pāṇḍavas (implied by context of their army)

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

What is the core teaching?

Effective leadership in a dharmic struggle rests on proven valor, loyalty, and willingness to sacrifice; commanders are praised not for power alone but for steadfast commitment to the cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the war-preparation context of Udyoga Parva, Vaiśampāyana identifies key Pāṇḍava-aligned commanders—Sātyaki, Cekitāna, and Bhīmasena—describing them as heroes ready to give their lives, thus suitable to direct the army.