Shloka 28

Aśvatthāman’s Admonition to Karṇa on Boasting, Varṇa-Duties, and the Threat of Arjuna

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 45

Devanagari script

प्रणिपत्य तत: पार्थ: समालभ्य च पाणिना । सर्वाणि मानसानीह भवतेत्यभ्यभाषत,तब अर्जुनने उन्हें प्रणाम करके अपने हाथसे उनका स्पर्श किया और कहा--'आप सब लोग मेरे मनमें निवास करें"

Transliteration

praṇipatya tataḥ pārthaḥ samālabhya ca pāṇinā | sarvāṇi mānasānīha bhavatetyabhyabhāṣata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna), having bowed down and touched them with his hand, addressed them, saying, “May all of you abide here within my mind.”

Word by Word

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated/bowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नि-√पत्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि, having bowed down

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समालभ्य: having touched
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√लभ्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि, having touched/laid hold

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मानसानि: mental (beings/ones); mind-born (ones)
• मानसानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इह: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भवते: to you (sir)
• भवते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular, honorific

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अभ्यभाषत: he spoke/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√भाष्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence expressed through bodily humility (bowing, respectful touch) and the ethical ideal of internalizing what is worthy—keeping revered persons, vows, or sacred supports ‘within the mind’ as a guiding presence for conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna (Pārtha) offers respectful obeisance and physical gesture of honor, then speaks a benediction-like statement that what he is addressing should remain present in his mind—signaling remembrance, resolve, and inward commitment amid the Virāṭa-period events.