Mahabharata 7.17.44 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 17, Shloka 44

Saṃśaptakas in Candrārdha-vyūha; Arjuna’s Devadatta and the Traigarta Rout

Chapter 17

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच अयं वै सत्यजिद्‌ राजन्नद्य त्वां रक्षिता युधि | प्रियमाणे च पाज्चाल्ये नाचार्य: काममाप्स्यति

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | ayaṃ vai satyajid rājan adya tvāṃ rakṣitā yudhi | priyamāṇe ca pāñcālye nācāryaḥ kāmam āpsyati ||

Translation

অর্জুন বললেন—হে রাজন, এই পাঞ্চালরাজপুত্র সত্যজিৎ আজ যুদ্ধে আপনাকে রক্ষা করবে। যতক্ষণ পাঞ্চালপুত্র বিজয়ী থাকবে, ততক্ষণ আচার্য তাঁর অভিপ্রায় পূর্ণ করতে পারবেন না।

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सत्यजित्: Satyajit (name)
• सत्यजित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यजित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रक्षिता: protector; will protect
• रक्षिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Agent noun (future sense), -तृ (रक्षिता = रक्षिता/रक्षिता-प्रयोगः), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रियमाणे: while being alive / while remaining
• प्रियमाणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रि + यम् (यमुँ)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/मानच्), locative singular, Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पाञ्चाल्ये: in/while (the) Panchala (prince) is alive
• पाञ्चाल्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Drona)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामम्: desire; wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्स्यति: will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Satyajit
• Pāñcāla
• Droṇācārya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights battlefield dharma through responsible protection and strategic reassurance: a leader’s safety is entrusted to capable allies, and an opponent’s objective can be ethically countered by steadfast defense rather than reckless aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a king on his side, assuring him that the Pāñcāla warrior Satyajit will guard him in the day’s fighting; as long as Satyajit holds the field, Droṇa will be unable to fulfill the particular aim he is pursuing in that phase of the battle.