Shloka 12

अर्जुन-माहात्म्य-चिन्ता

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Arjuna’s Strategic Supremacy

Devanagari script

कृष्णावेकरथे यत्तावधिज्यं गाण्डिवं धनु:

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kṛṣṇāvekarathe yattāvad adhijyaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanuḥ |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “As long as Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna remain together on a single chariot, with the Gāṇḍīva bow strung and ready, what can be done against them?”

Word by Word

• कृष्णौ: Krishna (and Arjuna) / the two Krishnas
• कृष्णौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• एकरथे: in one chariot
• एकरथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकरथ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्तावत्: as much as; just so far
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्तावत्

• अधिज्यम्: with the string fitted; strung
• अधिज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गाण्डिवम्: Gāṇḍīva (name of the bow)
• गाण्डिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डिव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛṣṇa
• Gāṇḍīva