Shloka 4

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

नाप () आजआसर- 'श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता”' “आनन्दचिद्धन' षडैश्वर्यपू्ण चराचरवन्दित परमपुरुषोत्तम

Transliteration

ṣaṭśatāni sarviṁśāni ślokānāṁ prāha keśavaḥ | arjunaḥ saptapañcāśat saptāṣaṣṭiṁ tu sañjayaḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: تكلّم كيشافا (شري كريشنا) بستّمائةٍ وعشرين بيتاً؛ وتكلّم أرجونا بسبعةٍ وخمسين؛ وتكلّمتُ أنا، سانجيا، بسبعةٍ وستين.

Word by Word

• षट्शतानि: six hundred
• षट्शतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विंशानि: twenties (i.e., groups of twenty)
• विंशानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• श्लोकानाम्: of verses
• श्लोकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्राह: said / uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्: fifty-seven
• सप्तपञ्चाशत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सप्तषष्टिम्: sixty-seven
• सप्तषष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तषष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but / and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the framed transmission and authority of the Bhagavad Gītā by explicitly tallying how much each speaker contributes, highlighting Kṛṣṇa as the principal teacher while preserving the integrity of the dialogue tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield dialogue to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, concludes with a formal accounting of the verses spoken by Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, and himself—serving as a closing colophon-like summary of the discourse.