Shloka 17

Devanagari script

पश्य मे सूत विक्रान्तमिन्द्रस्येव महामृधे

Transliteration

paśya me sūta vikrāntam indrasyeva mahāmṛdhe

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O charioteer, behold my hero’s prowess in this great battle—like that of Indra himself.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सूत: O charioteer
• सूत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• विक्रान्तम्: valorous, mighty (deed/valor)
• विक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रान्त (वि+क्रम्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महामृधे: in the great battle
• महामृधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामृध
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sūta (charioteer)
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial prowess is rhetorically elevated through divine comparison (Indra), reminding readers that in epic war-narrative, fame and morale are shaped by speech as much as by action—yet such praise also implicitly raises the ethical question of how glory is pursued amid destructive conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a charioteer (“sūta”), urging him to witness a warrior’s extraordinary valour in the midst of a major engagement, likening that prowess to Indra’s in battle.