Shloka 22

Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)

Devanagari script

यावदेतान्‌ निरीक्षे5हं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्‌ कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्‌ रणसमुद्यमे,“और जबतक कि मैं युद्धक्षेत्रमें डटे हुए युद्धके अभिलाषी इन विपक्षी योद्धाओंको भली प्रकार देख लूँ कि इस युद्धरूप व्यापारमें मुझे किन-किनके साथ युद्ध करना योग्य है, तबतक उसे खड़ा रखिये

Transliteration

yāvad etān nirīkṣe ’haṁ yoddhukāmān avasthitān | kair mayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇasamudyame ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Hold the chariot here until I have closely observed these warriors who stand ready, eager to fight, so that I may discern with whom I must engage in this impending enterprise of war.”

Word by Word

यावत्as long as / until

एतान्these (persons)

निरीक्षेI observe / look at

अहम्I

योद्धु-कामान्desirous to fight

अवस्थितान्standing / stationed

कैःby/with whom

मयाby me / with me

सहtogether with

योद्धव्यम्is to be fought

अस्मिन्in this

रण-समुद्यमेin the undertaking of battle

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

opposing warriors (vipa-kṣa yoddhāḥ)

battlefield (raṇa-kṣetra implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes