Shloka 21
Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)
Devanagari script
य इदं पठते स्तोत्र कल्य उत्थाय मानव:
Transliteration
ya idaṃ paṭhate stotraṃ kalye utthāya mānavaḥ
Translation
Sañjaya sprach: Wer, früh bei Tagesanbruch aufstehend, diesen Hymnus rezitiert,—
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
पठतेreads/recites
पठते:
TypeVerb
Rootपठ्
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
स्तोत्रम्hymn
स्तोत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कल्यम्at dawn / in the morning
कल्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि
मानवःa man/person
मानवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined devotion: rising at dawn and reciting a sacred hymn is presented as a dharmic practice that brings auspicious results and moral-spiritual merit.
Sañjaya continues his report by stating a phala-śruti style assurance: the person who recites the preceding stotra, especially at dawn, is promised beneficial outcomes, reinforcing the value of remembrance and ritual discipline amid the epic’s war setting.