Mahabharata · 7.68.31–32
॥
Devanāgarī
अङ्गास् तु गजवारेण पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन् ॥
क्रुद्धाः सहस्रशो राजञ् शिखिता हस्तिसादिनः ॥
दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाः कुञ्जरैः पर्वतोपमैः ॥
प्राच्याश् च दाक्षिणात्याश् च कलिङ्गप्रमुखा नृपाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aṅgās tu gajavāreṇa pāṇḍavaṃ paryavārayan ||
kruddhāḥ sahasraśo rājañ śikhitā hastisādinaḥ ||
duryodhanasamādiṣṭāḥ kuñjaraiḥ parvatopamaiḥ ||
prācyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca kaliṅgapramukhā nṛpāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अङ्गाः तु गजवारेणaṅgāḥ tu gajavāreṇathe Angas indeed — with a troop of elephants; the Angas indeed — with a troop of elephants
पाण्डवम् पर्यवारयन्pāṇḍavam paryavārayansurrounded the Pandava; surrounded the Pandava
क्रुद्धाः सहस्रशः राजन्kruddhāḥ sahasraśaḥ rājanenraged, by the thousands, O king; enraged, by the thousands, O sovereign
शिक्षिताः हस्तिसादिनःśikṣitāḥ hastisādinaḥtrained elephant-drivers; trained elephant-handlers
दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाःduryodhanasamādiṣṭāḥdirected by Duryodhana; sent by Duryodhana
कुञ्जरैः पर्वतोपमैःkuñjaraiḥ parvatopamaiḥwith elephants like mountains; with elephants like mountains
प्राच्याः च दाक्षिणात्याः चprācyāḥ ca dākṣiṇātyāḥ cathe eastern and the southern; the eastern and the southern
कलिङ्गप्रमुखाः नृपाःkaliṅgapramukhāḥ nṛpāḥkings headed by Kalinga; kings headed by Kalinga
Translation
The Angas, with a troop of elephants, surrounded the Pandava, enraged, by the thousands, O king — trained elephant-drivers, directed by Duryodhana, with elephants like mountains. The eastern and southern kings, headed by Kalinga, [advanced upon him].
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Duryodhana hurls fresh hordes at Arjuna — mountain-like elephants, eastern and southern kings. 'Duryodhanasamādiṣṭāḥ,' 'directed by Duryodhana': the king goes on sending his men to their deaths. It is telling that the more who fall, the more he sends. The verse teaches the obstinacy of a blinded will: instead of halting before a plain outcome, the unrighteous man multiplies victims, throwing troop after troop into the fire; and the more evident the futility, the more fiercely he clings to it, destroying ever more of those who trusted him.