Shloka 39

Devanagari script

न तं पश्यामि लोके<स्मिंस्त्वत्तो हान्यं धनुर्धरम्‌ । अर्जुन समरे क़रुद्धं यो वेलामिव धारयेत्‌,“इस संसारमें मैं तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरे किसी धनुर्धरको ऐसा नहीं देखता जो समुद्रमें उठे हुए ज्वारके समान समरांगणमें कुपित हुए अर्जुनको रोक सके

Transliteration

na taṁ paśyāmi loke 'smiṁs tvatto hānyaṁ dhanurdharam | arjunaṁ samare kruddhaṁ yo velām iva dhārayet ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “In this world I see no other bowman besides you who could withstand and hold back Arjuna when he is enraged on the battlefield—like a shoreline holding back the surging sea.”

Word by Word

नnot

तम्him

पश्यामिI see

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

त्वत्तःthan you / from you

हाexcept / other than

अन्यम्another

धनुर्धरम्bow-bearer, archer

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

समरेin battle

क्रुद्धम्angered

यःwho

वेलाम्shore / boundary / tide-line

इवlike, as

धारयेत्could hold back / restrain

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

the addressed archer (tvattaḥ—‘you’, unnamed in the verse)

battlefield (samara)

shoreline/coast (velā)

sea/ocean (implied by velā and the simile of surging waters)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes