Shloka 16

युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki

Devanagari script

त्वरितो वीर गच्छ त्वं गान्धार्युदरमाविश

Transliteration

tvarito vīra gaccha tvaṃ gāndhāry-udaram āviśa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Hurry, O hero—go at once and enter the chamber of Gandhārī.”

Word by Word

• त्वरितः: hastened, quick
• त्वरितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• गान्धार्याः: of Gāndhārī
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उदरम्: womb, belly
• उदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आविश: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, आ

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Gandhari

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, responsibility in communication matters: timely reporting and approaching elders/guardians with due urgency is part of one’s duty, especially when decisions and moral reckoning depend on accurate, prompt information.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya issues an urgent instruction to a ‘hero’ (a capable person/messenger) to go immediately and enter Gandhārī’s inner quarters, indicating a pressing development that must be conveyed to her without delay.