कृत्वा मूलप्रतीकारान् गुल्मैः स्थावरजङ्गमैः ॥
स्कन्धावारेण महता प्रययुः पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥
ददतो गां हिरण्यं च ब्राह्मणैर् अभिसंवृताः ॥
स्तूयमाना ययू राजन् रथैर् मणिविभूषितैः ॥
केकया धृष्टकेतुश् च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभूः ॥
श्रेणिमान् वसुदानश् च शिखण्डी चापराजितः ॥
हृष्टास् तुष्टाः कवचिनः सशस्त्राः समलंकृताः ॥
राजानम् अन्वयुः सर्वे परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
जघनार्धे विराटश् च यज्ञसेनश् च सोमकिः ॥
सुधर्मा कुन्तिभोजश् च धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चात्मजाः ॥
kṛtvā mūlapratīkārān gulmaiḥ sthāvarajaṅgamaiḥ ||
skandhāvāreṇa mahatā prayayuḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ ||
dadato gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca brāhmaṇair abhisaṃvṛtāḥ ||
stūyamānā yayū rājan rathair maṇivibhūṣitaiḥ ||
kekayā dhṛṣṭaketuś ca putraḥ kāśyasya cābhibhūḥ ||
śreṇimān vasudānaś ca śikhaṇḍī cāparājitaḥ ||
hṛṣṭās tuṣṭāḥ kavacinaḥ saśastrāḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ ||
rājānam anvayuḥ sarve parivārya yudhiṣṭhiram ||
jaghanārdhe virāṭaś ca yajñasenaś ca somakiḥ ||
sudharmā kuntibhojaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajāḥ ||
Having made the chief preparations with detachments both stationary and mobile, the sons of Pandu set out with their great marching camp. Giving away cows and gold, surrounded by brahmins and praised by them, they rode, O king, on chariots adorned with gems. The Kekayas, Dhrishtaketu, the mighty son of the king of Kashi, Shrenimat, Vasudana, and the unconquered Shikhandin -- all of them, joyful, content, clad in armor, with weapons and ornaments, followed King Yudhishthira, surrounding him. In the rear marched Virata, Yajnasena-Somaka, Sudharma, Kuntibhoja, and the sons of Dhrishtadyumna.
f2ce9a3d78bb · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In this chapter, the peace negotiations finally give way to preparation for war. The Pandavas choose their military commander not out of pride but through counsel, experience, and trust in Krishna; their movement to Kurukshetra is then described as orderly, sacrificially prepared, and surrounded by allies. Dharma here manifests not as a refusal to act, but as the right ordering of an unavoidable duty.