Shloka 433

Devanagari script

प्रत्युवाच मयं पार्थो जीवयन्निव भारत । भारत! उसका भययुक्त स्वर सुनकर कुन्तीकुमार धनंजयने उसे जीवनदान देते हुए कहा--'डरो मत”

Transliteration

pratyuvāca mayaṁ pārtho jīvayann iva bhārata | bhārata! tasya bhayayukta-svaraṁ śrutvā kuntīkumāro dhanañjayas tam jīvadānaṁ dadan uvāca— “mā bhaiḥ” |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna) replied, as though restoring him to life, O Bhārata. Hearing his fear-laden voice, Kuntī’s son Dhanañjaya granted him his life and said, “Do not be afraid.”

Word by Word

• प्रत्युवाच: replied / spoke in return
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उप-√वच्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• मयम्: Maya (the asura/architect)
• मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• जीवयन्: causing to live / sparing
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (causative √जीवय्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, parasmaipada), masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bharata (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mayā
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)
• Kuntī
• Dhanañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid power and conflict, dharma can express itself as restraint and compassion: Arjuna responds to fear not with cruelty but with reassurance and the gift of life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna (Pārtha/Dhanañjaya), hearing Mayā’s frightened voice, answers him and spares him, explicitly telling him not to fear.