Shloka 15

Devanagari script

युद्धेनाराधित: स्थाणुर्देवाश्न॒ वरदास्तव । तस्य पार्थ प्रसादेन देवदेवस्थ शूलिन:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yuddhenārādhitaḥ sthāṇur devāś ca varadās tava | tasya pārtha prasādena devadevastha śūlinaḥ ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: «بالقتال عبدتَ سْثانو (شِڤا) ونلتَ رضاه، وقد منحك الآلهة أيضًا عطايا. لذلك، يا بارثا، بنعمة إله الآلهة، الربّ حامل الرمح الثلاثي، اصرع كَرْنا كما قتل إندرا قاتل ڤريترا ناموتشي. لتلازمك السعادة والبركة دائمًا؛ وانل النصر في هذه الحرب».

Word by Word

• युद्धेन: by battle/through fighting
• युद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आराधितः: worshipped/propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आराधित (√राध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थाणुः: Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वरदाः: granting boons
• वरदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that (Śiva)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसादेन: by grace/favor
• प्रसादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवदेवस्थ: O one abiding in/being the god of gods (epithet of Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेवस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Śiva (Sthāṇu, Śūlin, Devadeva)
• the Devas (gods)
• Karṇa
• Indra
• Vṛtra
• Namuci
• Triśūla (trident)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True martial success is framed as dharma-guided effort supported by earned divine favor: Arjuna’s capacity to defeat Karṇa is grounded not only in skill but in Śiva’s grace, obtained through steadfast trial and devotion expressed even amid battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya encourages Arjuna, reminding him that he has already propitiated Śiva (Sthāṇu/Śūlin) through combat and received boons from the gods; therefore, empowered by that grace, he should kill Karṇa, likened to Indra’s slaying of Namuci (and evoking Indra’s Vṛtra-slaying epithet).