Shloka 43

Devanagari script

फाल्गुनो5पि तथेत्युक्त्वा व्यवसायमरोचयत्‌

Transliteration

Phālguno 'pi tathety uktvā vyavasāyam arocayat.

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna too, replying “So be it,” affirmed his resolve—signaling a firm, deliberate commitment to the course of action at this critical moment in the war narrative.

Word by Word

• फाल्गुनः: Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तथा: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा, Absolutive (gerund)

• व्यवसायम्: resolve; determination; effort
• व्यवसायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरोचयत्: approved; found pleasing; assented to
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Phālguṇa)