Shloka 25

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

पानीयं याचित:ः पार्थ: सो<विध्यन्मेदिनीतलम्‌ । जलस्य धारां जनितां दृष्टवा पाण्डुसुतेन च

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ yācitaḥ pārthaḥ so ’vidhyan medinī-talam | jalasya dhārāṃ janitāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍu-sutena ca ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Als man um Wasser bat, traf Pārtha (Arjuna) die Erdoberfläche und durchbohrte sie. Und als der Sohn Pāṇḍus den hervorgebrachten Wasserstrahl sah, offenbarte die Begebenheit seine Findigkeit und Entschlossenheit inmitten der harten Forderungen des Krieges: Er erfüllte die Bitte ohne Zögern, doch durch eine Tat, die zugleich Herrschaft über die Natur auf dem Schlachtfeld zeigte.“

Word by Word

पानीयम्water (to drink)

याचितःhaving been asked/requested

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

सःhe

अविध्यत्pierced, struck through

मेदिनीतलम्the surface of the earth

जलस्यof water

धाराम्a stream, flow

जनिताम्produced, generated

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

पाण्डुसुतेनby the son of Pandu (Arjuna)

चand

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Pāṇḍu

Earth/ground (medinī-tala)

Water (pānīya/jala)

Stream (dhārā)

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?

Even in the violence of war, a warrior’s excellence is not only in destruction but also in timely aid and responsiveness; power is ethically tested by how it is used to meet needs, not merely to defeat enemies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Someone asks for drinking water; Arjuna (Pārtha), responding immediately, strikes the earth and causes a stream of water to arise, which the son of Pāṇḍu then sees—an instance highlighting extraordinary capability amid battlefield conditions.