Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भवानप्यभिजानाति यद्दीर्यों यत्पराक्रमौ । नैतौ शक्‍्यौ दुराधर्षों विजेतुमजितौ युधि,कृष्णमशभ्युद्यतास्त्रं च नादं मुमुचुरुल्बणम्‌ | उन्होंने उस जलते हुए वनको और मारनेके लिये अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्ण तथा अर्जुनको देखा। उत्पात और आर्तनादके शब्दसे उस वनमें खड़े हुए वे सभी प्राणी संत्रस्त- से हो उठे थे। उस वनको अनेक प्रकारसे दग्ध होते देख और अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्णपर दृष्टि डाल भयानक आर्तनाद करने लगे “भगवान्‌ वासुदेव तथा अर्जुनको किसी प्रकार युद्धसे जीता नहीं जा सकता। मेरे कहनेसे तुम इस बातको समझ लो। ये दोनों पहलेके देवता नर और नारायण हैं। देवलोकमें भी इनकी ख्याति है। इनका बल और पराक्रम कैसा है, यह तुम भी जानते हो। ये अपराजित और दुर्धर्ष वीर हैं। सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें किसीके द्वारा भी ये युद्धमें जीते नहीं जा सकते

Transliteration

bhavān apy abhijānāti yad dhairyau yat parākramau | naitau śakyau durādharṣau vijetum ajitau yudhi, kṛṣṇam abhyudyatāstraṃ ca nādaṃ mumucur ulbaṇam |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “You too know what steadfast courage and what prowess they possess. These two—unconquered and hard to assail—cannot be defeated in battle.” Seeing Kṛṣṇa with weapon raised, they let out a terrible cry.

Word by Word

भवान्you (honored sir)

अपिalso/even

अभिजानातिknows/recognizes

यत्that/which

धैर्यम्steadfastness/courage

यत्and that/which

पराक्रमौvalor and prowess (the two)

नnot

एतौthese two

शक्यौpossible (to be done)/able (to be conquered)

दुराधर्षौhard to assail/irresistible

विजेतुम्to conquer

अजितौunconquered/unconquerable

युधिin battle

कृष्णम्Krishna

अथthen/and

अभ्युद्यतraised/lifted up

अस्त्रम्weapon/missile

चand

नादम्roar/cry/sound

मुमुचुःthey released/uttered

उल्बणम्fierce/terrible

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Vāsudeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recognize true strength and act with discernment: when opponents are clearly unconquerable, obstinate aggression is not valor but folly, leading only to greater harm and fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Amid a violent, fear-filled scene, the speaker emphasizes that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—formidable and undefeated—cannot be overcome in battle; those who see Kṛṣṇa with weapon raised respond with a terrifying cry, acknowledging their invincibility.