Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कल्पतां मे रथो भूयो युज्यन्तां च हयोत्तमा: । आयुधानि च सर्वाणि सज्जन्तां मे महारथे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kalpatāṃ me ratho bhūyo yujyantāṃ ca hayottamāḥ | āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi sajjantāṃ me mahārathe | prayāhi śīghraṃ govinda sūtaputra-jighāṃsayā ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Macht meinen Wagen abermals bereit; spannt die besten Rosse an. Rüstet auf meinem großen Streitwagen alle Waffen zur Hand. Zieh unverzüglich aus, o Govinda, getragen vom Entschluss, den Sohn des Wagenlenkers zu töten.“

Word by Word

• कल्पताम्: let it be made/let it be prepared
• कल्पताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्
• Form: Lot, Atmanepada, 3, Singular

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूयः: again / once more
• भूयः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• युज्यन्ताम्: let them be yoked
• युज्यन्ताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज्
• Form: Lot, Atmanepada, 3, Plural

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

• हय-उत्तमाः: excellent horses
• हय-उत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आयुधानि: weapons
• आयुधानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• सर्वाणि: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सज्जन्ताम्: let them be made ready / be arranged
• सज्जन्ताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सञ्ज्
• Form: Lot, Atmanepada, 3, Plural

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• महा-रथे: in the great chariot
• महा-रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रयाहि: set out / depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (प्र-)
• Form: Lot, Parasmaipada, 2, Singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सूत-पुत्र-जिघांसया: with the desire to kill the charioteer’s son
• सूत-पुत्र-जिघांसया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्रजिघांसा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
• sūtaputra (Karna, by epithet)
• chariot (ratha)
• horses (haya)
• weapons (āyudha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intention (jighāṃsā—desire to kill) and preparedness (chariot, horses, weapons) shape moral and practical outcomes in war: action is not accidental but chosen, organized, and therefore ethically charged, even when framed as battlefield duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

A commander issues urgent orders to ready the chariot, harness the best horses, and arrange all weapons, then urges Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) to depart quickly with the specific aim of killing the ‘sūtaputra’—an epithet that points to Karṇa.