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Shloka 3

Devanagari script

उपावृत्ताश्न तुरगाः शिक्षिताश्षाश्वसादिभि: । रथोपकरणै: सज्जा उपायान्तु त्वरान्विता:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

upāvṛttāś ca turagāḥ śikṣitāś cāśvasādibhiḥ |

rathopakaraṇaiḥ sajjā upāyāntu tvarānvitāḥ |

prayāhi śīghraṃ govinda sūtaputra-jighāṃsayā ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Bringt eilends die Rosse herbei, wohl ausgeruht und von den Stallknechten abgerichtet, vollständig mit Geschirr und Wagenzeug versehen. Zieh sogleich aus, o Govinda, mit dem Entschluss, den Sohn des Wagenlenkers zu töten.“

Word by Word

उपावृत्ताःreturned/back (having been exercised)

चand

तुरगाःhorses

शिक्षिताःtrained

अश्वसादिभिःby horse-trainers/handlers etc.

रथोपकरणैःwith chariot-gear/equipment

सज्जाःready, equipped

उपयान्तुlet them come/approach

त्वरान्विताःendowed with haste, hurried

प्रयाहिdepart, set out

शीघ्रम्quickly

गोविन्दO Govinda

सूतपुत्रजिघांसयाwith the desire to kill the charioteer’s son (Karna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)

Sūtaputra (Karṇa)

turagāḥ (horses)

ratha (chariot)

rathopakaraṇa (chariot-gear/harness)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights wartime resolve and the moral tension of intent: the speaker’s urgency to prepare the chariot and proceed ‘with the desire to kill’ shows how determination in battle can harden into a single-minded aim, raising questions about dharma, necessity, and the ethics of lethal intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

A command is issued to ready the chariot immediately: trained horses are to be brought, harnessed with all equipment, and Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) is urged to depart swiftly with the explicit objective of killing Karṇa (called ‘sūtaputra’).