Shloka 16

अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः

Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon

Devanagari script

हर्षयुक्तस्तत: पार्थ: प्रहसन्निव वीर्यवान्‌ । रथं रथेन द्रोणस्य समासाद्य महारथ:

Transliteration

harṣayuktas tataḥ pārthaḥ prahasan iva vīryavān | rathaṁ rathena droṇasya samāsādya mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

তখন উল্লাসে পরিপূর্ণ পরাক্রমী পার্থ (অর্জুন) যেন হাস্যমুখে দ্রোণাচার্যের রথের কাছে নিজের রথ এগিয়ে আনলেন। সেই মহারথী গুরুর সম্মুখে এসে শিষ্টাচারসহ প্রণাম করে শান্ত ও মধুর বাক্যে বললেন—

Word by Word

• हर्षयुक्तः: filled with joy
• हर्षयुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing/smiling
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वीर्यवान्: valorous, mighty
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथेन: with (his) chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रोणस्य: of Drona
• द्रोणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समासाद्य: having approached/reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action (having approached)

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Droṇa
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a martial confrontation, dharma requires inner discipline: courage without loss of composure, and the ethical tension of facing one’s teacher with respect while fulfilling one’s duty as a warrior.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, energized and confident, drives his chariot up to Droṇa’s chariot, initiating a direct encounter with the renowned teacher-warrior.