Shloka 45

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

वाहयाश्वान्‌ नरव्याप्र भद्रेणेव न संशय: । “नरेश्वरर आज तुम मेरी दोनों भुजाओं और अस्त्रोंका बल देखो। मैं रणभूमिमें पाण्डवोंसहित समस्त पांचालोंका वध किये देता हूँ, इसमें संशय नहीं है। पुरुषसिंह! आप कल्याणचिन्तनपूर्वक ही इन घोड़ोंको आगे बढ़ाइये” ।। एवमुक्‍्त्वा महाराज सूतपुत्र: प्रतापवान्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

vāhaya aśvān naravyāghra bhadreṇeva na saṁśayaḥ |

"nareśvara adya tvaṁ mama ubhe bhujau ca astrāṇāṁ ca balaṁ paśya |

ahaṁ raṇabhūmau pāṇḍavaiḥ saha samasta-pāñcālānām vadhaṁ karomi, atra na saṁśayaḥ |

puruṣasiṁha! bhadra-cintana-pūrvakam eva imān aśvān agre vardhaya" ||

evam uktvā mahārāja sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān …

Translation

“Drive the horses forward, tiger among men—surely, without doubt. O king, today behold the strength of my two arms and of my weapons. On the battlefield I shall slay all the Pāñcālas together with the Pāṇḍavas; of this there is no doubt. O lion among men, with auspicious intent, urge these horses onward.” Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, the valiant son of a charioteer (Karṇa)…

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'vāhaya', 'definition': 'drive (the chariot)

• urge forward'}, {'term': 'aśvān', 'definition': 'horses'}, {'term': 'naravyāghra', 'definition': '‘tiger among men’

• a heroic epithet (address to the charioteer/driver)'}, {'term': 'bhadreṇa eva', 'definition': 'with auspiciousness/for good

• with a благоприятный intention'}, {'term': 'na saṁśayaḥ', 'definition': 'no doubt

• certainly'}, {'term': 'nareśvara', 'definition': 'lord of men

• king'}, {'term': 'ubhe bhujau', 'definition': 'both arms'}, {'term': 'astrāṇām balam', 'definition': 'the power/efficacy of weapons (including missile-weapons)'}, {'term': 'raṇabhūmi', 'definition': 'battlefield'}, {'term': 'pāṇḍavaiḥ saha', 'definition': 'together with the Pandavas'}, {'term': 'samasta-pāñcālānām', 'definition': 'of all the Panchalas (collectively)'}, {'term': 'vadha', 'definition': 'slaying

• killing'}, {'term': 'puruṣasiṁha', 'definition': '‘lion among men’

• heroic epithet'}, {'term': 'agre vardhaya', 'definition': 'advance/urge forward to the front'}, {'term': 'sūtaputra', 'definition': 'son of a sūta (charioteer/bard)

• epithet of Karna'}, {'term': 'pratāpavān', 'definition': 'mighty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (sūtaputra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāñcālas
• horses
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)
• weapons (astrāṇi)