मद्रराजो महेष्वासः शल्यो मे ऽतिरथो मतः ॥
स्पर्धते वासुदेवेन यो वै नित्यं रणे रणे ॥
भागिनेयान् निजांस् त्यक्त्वा शल्यस् ते रथसत्तमः ॥
एष योत्स्यति संग्रामे कृष्णं चक्रगदाधरम् ॥
सागरोर्मिसमैर् वेगैः प्लावयन्न् इव शात्रवान् ॥
भूरिश्रवाः कृतास्त्रश् च तव चापि हितः सुहृत् ॥
सौमदत्तिर् महेष्वासो रथयूथपयूथपः ॥
बलक्षयम् अमित्राणां सुमहान्तं करिष्यति ॥
सिन्धुराजो महाराज मतो मे द्विगुणो रथः ॥
योत्स्यते समरे राजन् विक्रान्तो रथसत्तमः ॥
madrarājo maheṣvāsaḥ śalyo me 'tiratho mataḥ ||
spardhate vāsudevena yo vai nityaṃ raṇe raṇe ||
bhāgineyān nijāṃs tyaktvā śalyas te rathasattamaḥ ||
eṣa yotsyati saṃgrāme kṛṣṇaṃ cakragadādharam ||
sāgarormisamair vegaiḥ plāvayann iva śātravān ||
bhūriśravāḥ kṛtāstraś ca tava cāpi hitaḥ suhṛt ||
saumadattir maheṣvāso rathayūthapayūthapaḥ ||
balakṣayam amitrāṇāṃ sumahāntaṃ kariṣyati ||
sindhurājo mahārāja mato me dviguṇo rathaḥ ||
yotsyate samare rājan vikrānto rathasattamaḥ ||
'The king of the Madras, the great archer Shalya, is in my judgment an atiratha: in every battle he continually rivals Vasudeva. Setting aside his own nephews, this foremost chariot-warrior Shalya will fight for you against Krishna, the bearer of discus and mace, sweeping away the enemy as with onrushes like the waves of the ocean. Bhurishravas, skilled in arms, your devoted friend, will destroy the enemy with the force of his onslaught. This son of Somadatta, a great archer and leader of the chariot squadrons, will bring about a vast destruction of the enemy's strength. The king of Sindhu, O great king, is in my judgment a double chariot-warrior; this valiant and foremost of chariot-warriors will fight in the battle, O king.'
285b420bbf38 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:32:37 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here begins the sober reckoning of forces before the war. Dhritarashtra already senses the outcome: Arjuna's vow to kill Bhishma sounds to him like an almost accomplished fact. Bhishma, for his part, accepts the command without self-praise: he knows the science of war, yet does not conceal that war demands order, measure, and a clear understanding of every warrior. The listing of the rathas and atirathas shows not only the army's strength but also a web of personal debts, grievances, and choices that brought these men to Kurukshetra.