Shloka 12

Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge

Devanagari script

अस्यतां फाल्गुन: श्रेष्ठो गाण्डीवं धनुषां बरम्‌ । केशव: सर्वभूतानामायुधानां सुदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

asyatāṃ phālgunaḥ śreṣṭho gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanuṣāṃ varam | keśavaḥ sarvabhūtānām āyudhānāṃ sudarśanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Let the foremost archer Phālguna discharge his peerless bow, the Gāṇḍīva—best among bows; and let Keśava wield the Sudarśana, the supreme weapon among all beings.”

Word by Word

• अस्यताम्: let (them) hurl / shoot
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 3rd, dual, परस्मैपद

• फाल्गुनः: Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठः: the best
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गाण्डीवम्: the Gandiva (bow)
• गाण्डीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: the best/excellent
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आयुधानाम्: of weapons
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सुदर्शनम्: Sudarshana (the discus); the well-seeing/beautifully-formed (weapon)
• सुदर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Gāṇḍīva
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sudarśana (discus)