Shloka 28

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)

Devanagari script

एकेन पाण्डुपुत्रेण विराटनगरे यदा । भग्ना: पलायत दिश: पर्याप्त॑ तन्निदर्शनम्‌,“जब विराटनगरमें एकमात्र पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुनसे पराजित हो तुमलोगोंने भागकर विभिन्न दिशाओंकी शरण ली थी, वह एक ही दृष्टान्त अर्जुनकी प्रबलताका पर्याप्त प्रमाण है

Transliteration

ekena pāṇḍuputreṇa virāṭanagare yadā | bhagnāḥ palāyata diśaḥ paryāptaṃ tan nidarśanam ||

Translation

“When, in the city of Virāṭa, you were routed by a single son of Pāṇḍu and fled in different directions, that single incident itself is sufficient proof of Arjuna’s overwhelming might.”

Word by Word

एकेनby one (alone)

पाण्डुपुत्रेणby the son of Pandu

विराटनगरेin the city of Virata

यदाwhen

भग्नाःdefeated, broken

पलायतthey fled

दिशःdirections

पर्याप्तम्sufficient

तत्that

निदर्शनम्example, illustration

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Arjuna

Pāṇḍu

Virāṭanagara

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes