Shloka 13

अर्जुनकर्णयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Arjuna–Karṇa Engagement and Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच चोदयाश्वान्‌ हृषीकेश विहायैतद्‌ बलार्णवम्‌ | अजातशशभन्रुं राजान द्रष्टमेच्छामि केशव,अर्जुन बोले--हषीकेश! अब आप इस शत्रुसेनारूपी समुद्रको छोड़कर घोड़ोंको यहाँसे हाँक ले चलें। केशव! मैं अजातशत्रु राजा युधिष्ठिरका दर्शन करना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | codayāśvān hṛṣīkeśa vihāyaitad balārṇavam | ajātaśatruṁ rājānaṁ draṣṭum icchāmi keśava ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “O Hṛṣīkeśa, urge on the horses and move away from this ocean-like host of enemy forces. O Keśava, I wish to see King Yudhiṣṭhira, he who is called Ajātaśatru—‘one without enmity.’”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

चोदयurge/drive (command)

अश्वान्horses

हृषीकेशO Hrishikesha (Krishna)

विहायhaving left/abandoning

एतत्this

बलार्णवम्ocean of forces/army-ocean

अजातशत्रुम्one whose enemy is not born (epithet of Yudhishthira)

राजानम्king

द्रष्टुम्to see

इच्छामिI wish/desire

केशवO Keshava (Krishna)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa/Keśava)

Yudhiṣṭhira (Ajātaśatru)

horses

chariot

enemy army (balārṇava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes