Shloka 17

Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)

Devanagari script

काश्यश्व परमेष्वास: शिखण्डी च महारथ: । धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्न॒ सात्यकिश्वापराजित:

Transliteration

saf1jaya uv
01ca |

k
01
5bya
5bva parame63v
01sa25
5bikha470d
2b ca mah
01ratha25 |

dh5b636dadyumno vir
016da
5b ca s
01tyaki
5b c
01par
01jita25 ||

Translation

শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ধনুৰ্ধৰ কাশীৰাজ, মহাৰথী শিখণ্ডী, ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্ন, ৰজা বিৰাট আৰু অপৰাজিত সাত্যকি—হে ৰাজন! এই বীৰসকলে চাৰিওফালৰ পৰা পৃথক পৃথকভাৱে নিজৰ শঙ্খ বাজালে।

Word by Word

• काश्यश्वः: Kāśyaśva (a warrior/king)
• काश्यश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमेष्वासः: the supreme archer
• परमेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमेष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Śikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महारथः: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विराटः: Virāṭa
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपराजितः: unconquered, invincible
• अपराजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Kashyashva
• Shikhandi
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Virata
• Satyaki
• conch (shankha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, action is framed by dharma: the heroes act in an ordered, disciplined manner, publicly declaring readiness and unity. The conch-sounding functions as a moral and psychological proclamationcourage joined to responsibility rather than chaos or private aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya lists prominent P
01470dava-side warriors and reports that they sound their conches in different directions, signaling the formal commencement of battle and rallying their forces.