Shloka 37

इन्द्रजिद्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम्

Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa: Escalation through Concealment

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच यस्यापचारात्‌ प्राप्तोडयमस्मान्‌ क्लेशो दुरासद: । तमस्मिन्‌ समरोद्देशे न पश्यामि जयद्रथम्‌,अर्जुन बोले--जिसके अत्याचारसे हमलोगोंको यह दुःसह क्लेश सहन करना पड़ा है, उस जयद्रथको तो मैं इस समरभूमिमें देखता ही नहीं हूँ

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | yasyāpacārāt prāpto ’yam asmān kleśo durāsadaḥ | tam asmin samaroddeśe na paśyāmi jayadratham ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Because of whose wrongdoing this unbearable affliction has come upon us—I do not see that Jayadratha here on this battlefield.”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

यस्यof whom/whose

अपचारात्from the wrongdoing/offense

प्राप्तःhas come/has been obtained (has befallen)

अयम्this

अस्मान्us

क्लेशःaffliction, hardship

दुरासदःhard to endure/overcome

तम्him/that (person)

अस्मिन्in this

समरोद्देशेin the region/ground of battle

नnot

पश्यामिI see

जयद्रथम्Jayadratha

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Jayadratha

battlefield (samaroddeśa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes