Shloka 60

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

मदद्वितीयेन पार्थन वैरं व: सव्यसाचिना । स सत्यसंगरो भूत्वा पाण्डवार्थे पराक्रमी,“तुमने यह भी कहा था कि '“कौरवो! मैं जिनका सहायक हूँ, उन्हीं सव्यसाची अर्जुनके साथ तुम्हारा वैर बढ़ रहा है, इत्यादि। अतः अब सत्यप्रतिज्ञ होकर पाण्डवोंके लिये पराक्रमी बनो

Transliteration

mad-dvitīyena pārthān vai raṁ vaḥ savyasācinā | sa satya-saṅgaro bhūtvā pāṇḍavārthe parākramī ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “With me as his second, O sons of Pṛthā, your enmity with Savyasācin (Arjuna) is indeed intensifying. Therefore, become one whose resolve is true and unwavering, and be valiant for the cause of the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

मत्from me

द्वितीयेनas/with a second (person)

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

नnot

वैरम्enmity

वःfor you / of you (pl.)

सव्यसाचिनाby Savyasācin (Arjuna)

सःhe

सत्यसंगरःone whose battle is true / true in battle (true to pledge)

भूत्वाhaving become

पाण्डवार्थेfor the sake of the Pāṇḍavas

पराक्रमीvaliant, mighty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pṛthā)

Arjuna (Savyasācin)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes