Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततोडर्जुन: प्राउ्जलिकं महात्मा ततोअब्रवीद्‌ वासुदेवो5पि पार्थम्‌ । छिन्ध्यस्य मूर्धानमरे: शरेण न यावदारोहति वै रथं वृष:

Transliteration

tato ’rjunaḥ prāñjalikaṃ mahātmā tato ’bravīd vāsudevo ’pi pārtham | chindhy asya mūrdhānam areḥ śareṇa na yāvad ārohati vai rathaṃ vṛṣaḥ ||

Translation

حينئذٍ وقف أرجونا العظيم النفس، وقد ضمّ كفّيه إجلالًا، مترقّبًا. فقال فاسوديفا (كريشنا) لبارثا: «اقطع رأس العدو بسهمٍ—قبل أن يصعد ذلك الثور بين المحاربين إلى عربته».

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अर्जुनःArjuna

प्राञ्जलिकम्with joined palms (in reverence)

महात्माthe great-souled one

ततःthen

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Krishna)

अपिalso, even

पार्थम्to Pārtha (Arjuna)

छिन्धिcut, sever

अस्यof him, his

मूर्धानम्head

अरेःof the enemy

शरेणwith an arrow

नnot

यावत्until, as long as

आरोहतिmounts, climbs onto

वैindeed

रथम्chariot

वृषःthe bull (heroic one)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Pārtha (Arjuna)

enemy (unnamed)

arrow

chariot

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes