Shloka 34

Omens in the Kuru Host and Droṇa’s Recognition of Arjuna (क्लीबवेषधारी पार्थ-परिज्ञानम्)

Devanagari script

यदर्जुनस्यर्षभतुल्यगामिन: पुराभवत्‌ खाण्डवदाहमड़लम्‌ । कुरून्‌ समासाद्य रणे बृहन्नले सहोत्तरेणाद्य तदस्तु मड़लम्‌,“बृहन्नले! वृषभके समान गतिवाले अर्जुनको पहले खाण्डववनदाहके समय जैसा मंगल प्राप्त हुआ था, आज युद्धमें कौरवोंके पास पहुँचनेपर राजकुमार उत्तरके साथ तुम्हें वैसा ही मंगल प्राप्त हो”

Transliteration

yad arjunasya ṛṣabha-tulya-gāminaḥ purābhavat khāṇḍava-dāha-maṅgalam | kurūn samāsādya raṇe bṛhannale saho ttareṇādya tad astu maṅgalam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Bṛhannalā, may the same auspicious fortune that once attended Arjuna—swift as a bull—at the time of the burning of the Khāṇḍava forest, now attend you as well, today, when you confront the Kauravas in battle together with Prince Uttara.”

Word by Word

• यत्: that which / whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• अर्जुनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ऋषभ-तुल्य-गामिनः: of (him) whose gait is like a bull
• ऋषभ-तुल्य-गामिनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषभतुल्यगामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा
• Form: true

• अभवत्: was, occurred
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• खाण्डव-दाह-मङ्गलम्: the auspiciousness connected with the burning of Khāṇḍava (forest)
• खाण्डव-दाह-मङ्गलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खाण्डवदाहमङ्गल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समासाद्य: having approached, having reached
• समासाद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बृहन्नले: O Bṛhannalā
• बृहन्नले: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन्नला
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: true

• उत्तरेण: with Uttara
• उत्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: true

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मङ्गलम्: auspiciousness, good fortune
• मङ्गलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Bṛhannalā
• Uttara (Prince of Virāṭa)
• Kurus/Kauravas
• Khāṇḍava forest (Khāṇḍava-vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse invokes past divine/heroic auspiciousness as moral encouragement: righteous courage in a just confrontation is strengthened by remembering earlier victories and blessings, especially when protecting others (here, guiding Uttara).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana offers a benediction to Bṛhannalā (Arjuna disguised as a eunuch-teacher), wishing that the same good fortune Arjuna had during the Khāṇḍava episode will now arise as he goes with Prince Uttara to face the Kauravas in battle.