Shloka 42

Devanagari script

भरतनन्दन! जो भूपाल मेरा प्रिय करना चाहते हैं, वे सब उन पाण्डवोंको आगे बढ़नेसे उसी प्रकार रोक देंगे, जैसे फन्देसे हिरनके बच्चोंको रोका जाता है ।। महता रथवंशेन शरजालैश्व मामकै: । अभिद्रुता भविष्यन्ति पञ्चाला: पाण्डवैः सह,मेरे पक्षकी विशाल रथसेना तथा मेरे सैनिकोंके बाणसमूहोंसे आहत होकर पांचाल और पाण्डव भाग खड़े होंगे

Transliteration

bharatanandana! ye bhūpālā mama priyaṁ kartum icchanti, te sarve tān pāṇḍavān agre gantuṁ tathā rotsyianti yathā phandena hariṇa-śiśūn rotsyante. mahatā rathavaṁśena śarajālaiś ca māmakaiḥ abhidrūtā bhaviṣyanti pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha.

Translation

噢，婆罗多的后裔！凡欲取悦于我的诸王，必将阻断般度五子的前进，如同罗网羁绊幼鹿。再者，般遮罗人与般度五子将被我方浩大的战车军团与我军密如雨下的箭簇所创，终将溃退奔逃。

Word by Word

महताby/with great (force)

रथवंशेनby the line/host of chariots (chariot-corps)

शरजालैःby nets/volleys of arrows

चand

मामकैःby my (men), belonging to me

अभिद्रुताःrouted; put to flight

भविष्यन्तिwill be / will become

पञ्चालाःthe Panchalas

पाण्डवैःwith/by the Pandavas

सहtogether with

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Pāṇḍavas

Pāñcālas

kings (bhūpālas)

chariot-host (rathavaṁśa)

arrows/volley (śarajāla)

snare (phanda)

young deer (hariṇa-śiśu)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment to power and the desire for dominance can eclipse dharma: Duryodhana measures success by military force and political loyalty, not by justice, restraint, or reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and mobilization, Duryodhana boasts that allied kings will stop the Pāṇḍavas’ advance and that his chariot forces and arrow volleys will rout the Pāṇḍavas and their Pāñcāla allies.