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Shloka 12

योद्धाओंमें श्रेष्ठ वीर! तुम अपने पराक्रमद्वारा सत्य, लक्ष्मी, धर्म और यशका ऋण उतार दो। इन शत्रुओंको दाहिने करो और स्वयं बायें रहकर शत्रुसेनाको चीर डालो ।। संजय उवाच स सव्यसाची भीमेन चोदित: केशवेन च । कर्णद्रोणावतिक्रम्य समन्तात्‌ पर्यवारयत्‌,संजय कहते हैं--राजन्‌! भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण और भीमसेनसे इस प्रकार प्रेरित होकर सव्यसाची अर्जुनने कर्ण और द्रोणको लाँधकर शत्रुसेनापर चारों ओरसे घेरा डाल दिया

sañjaya uvāca | sa savyasācī bhīmena coditaḥ keśavena ca | karṇa-droṇāv atikramya samantāt paryavārayat ||

Sanjaya said: O King, thus urged on by Bhimasena and by Keshava (Krishna), Arjuna—renowned as Savyasachi—overleapt Karna and Drona and then closed in on the enemy host from every side, hemming it in.

संजयःSanjaya
संजयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सव्यसाचीSavyasācin (Arjuna, ambidextrous archer)
सव्यसाची:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसव्यसाचिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भीमेनby Bhīma
भीमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
चोदितःurged, impelled
चोदितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootचुद्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
केशवेनby Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
केशवेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्णद्रोणौKarna and Droṇa
कर्णद्रोणौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual
अतिक्रम्यhaving passed beyond, overstepping
अतिक्रम्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति-क्रम्
FormAbsolutive (ktvā/lyap)
समन्तात्on all sides, from every direction
समन्तात्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्तात्
पर्यवारयत्surrounded, enclosed
पर्यवारयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-आ-वृ
FormImperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
A
Arjuna
B
Bhimasena
K
Krishna (Keshava)
K
Karna
D
Drona
E
enemy army (shatru-sena)

Educational Q&A

When righteous counsel and loyal support converge, a warrior should convert personal skill into decisive action for the larger cause—acting with clarity and resolve as part of dharma rather than for mere self-display.

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Arjuna, encouraged by Bhima and Krishna, bypasses the formidable fighters Karna and Drona and then encircles the enemy forces from all directions, tightening the battle formation around them.