Mahabharata · 7.33.19–20
॥
Devanāgarī
सिन्धुराजस्य पार्श्वस्था अश्वत्थामपुरोगमाः ॥
सुतास् तव महाराज त्रिंशत् त्रिदशसंनिभाः ॥
गान्धारराजः कितवः शल्यो भूरिश्रवास् तथा ॥
पार्श्वतः सिन्धुराजस्य व्यराजन्त महारथाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sindhurājasya pārśvasthā aśvatthāmapurogamāḥ ||
sutās tava mahārāja triṃśat tridaśasaṃnibhāḥ ||
gāndhārarājaḥ kitavaḥ śalyo bhūriśravās tathā ||
pārśvataḥ sindhurājasya vyarājanta mahārathāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सिन्धुराजस्यsindhurājasyaof the king of Sindhu [Jayadratha]; of the king of Sindhu
पार्श्वस्थाःpārśvasthāḥstanding at the sides [flanking]; standing at his sides
अश्वत्थामपुरोगमाःaśvatthāmapurogamāḥwith Ashvatthaman at the head; [with] Ashvatthaman at the head
सुताः तवsutāḥ tavayour sons; your sons
महाराजmahārājaO great king; O great sovereign
त्रिंशत्triṃśatthirty; thirty
त्रिदशसंनिभाःtridaśasaṃnibhāḥlike the gods [the thirty gods]; like the gods
गान्धारराजःgāndhārarājaḥthe king of Gandhara [Shakuni]; the king of Gandhara [Shakuni]
कितवःkitavaḥgambler [dice-player]; gambler
शल्यःśalyaḥShalya; Shalya
भूरिश्रवाःbhūriśravāḥBhurishravas; Bhurishravas
तथाtathālikewise [also]; also
पार्श्वतःpārśvataḥat the sides [flanking]; at the sides
सिन्धुराजस्यsindhurājasyaof the king of Sindhu [Jayadratha]; of the king of Sindhu
व्यराजन्तvyarājantashone [gleamed]; shone
महारथाःmahārathāḥgreat warriors; great chariot-warriors
Translation
At the sides of the king of Sindhu, with Ashvatthaman at the head, [stood] your sons, O great sovereign -- thirty, like gods. The king of Gandhara [Shakuni] the gambler, Shalya, and likewise Bhurishravas, great chariot-warriors, shone at the sides of the king of Sindhu.
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Around Jayadratha the whole flower of the enemy camp closes in -- thirty sons of Dhritarashtra, Ashvatthaman, Shakuni, Shalya, Bhurishravas: the fiercest of the fierce are gathered in one place. Thus is shown the disproportion of the trap being prepared: against a single boy is massed a force capable of crushing whole armies. It is significant that among them is Shakuni the "gambler," the instigator of the whole feud, and here he stands at the center of a new crime. The verse teaches that for an unlawful deed injustice does not stint, gathering immense might against the weak; that a mass of the mightiest against one is not valor but a sign of dishonor being prepared; and that the presence of Shakuni the gambler alongside all these warriors again recalls: at the root of this trap too, as of the whole war, stands the same injustice that began with a dishonest game.