Shloka 22

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation

Devanagari script

न चात्मा रक्षितव्यो वै राजन्‌ रणगतेन हि । यो यस्य युज्यते<र्थेषु स वै रक्ष्यो नराधिप,राजन! रणभूमिमें गये हुए वीरके लिये केवल अपनी ही रक्षा करना उचित नहीं है। नरेश्वर! जो जिसके कार्योमें संलग्न होता है, वह अवश्य ही उसके द्वारा रक्षणीय हुआ करता है

Transliteration

na cātmā rakṣitavyo vai rājan raṇagatena hi | yo yasya yujyate 'rtheṣu sa vai rakṣyo narādhipa ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “O King, for one who has entered the battlefield, it is not proper to think only of protecting oneself. O lord of men, whoever is engaged in another’s cause and duties is, by that very relation, bound to be protected by the one whose cause he serves.”

Word by Word

नnot

चand

आत्माoneself (the self)

रक्षितव्यःto be protected / should be protected

वैindeed

राजन्O king

रणगतेनby/for one who has gone to battle

हिfor, indeed

यःwho

यस्यof whom / whose

युज्यतेis engaged / is employed

अर्थेषुin tasks / in affairs

सःhe

वैindeed

रक्ष्यःto be protected / should be protected

नराधिपO lord of men (king)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

King (rājan/narādhipa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes