Shloka 15

Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था

Devanagari script

अर्जुनस्य तु भागेन कर्णो वैकर्तनो मत: । अश्रत्थामा विकर्णक्ष सैन्धवश्न जयद्रथ:,वैकर्तन कर्ण, अश्वत्थामा, विकर्ण और सिंधुराज जयद्रथ--ये सब अर्जुनके हिस्सेमें पड़े हैं

Transliteration

arjunasya tu bhāgena karṇo vaikartano mataḥ | aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saindhavaś ca jayadrathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «En cuanto a la parte asignada a Arjuna, se entiende que es Karṇa Vaikartana (hijo del auriga), junto con Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa y Jayadratha, rey de Sindhu.»

Word by Word

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

तुbut/indeed

भागेनby (his) share/portion

कर्णःKarna

वैकर्तनःVaikartana (son of Vikartana; epithet of Karna)

मतःis considered/assigned (as)

अश्वत्थामाAshvatthama

विकर्णःVikarna

सैन्धवःthe Sindhu king (Saindhava)

चand

जयद्रथःJayadratha

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Karṇa (Vaikartana)

Aśvatthāmā

Vikarṇa

Jayadratha (Saindhava, king of Sindhu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even within a vast collective war, dharma is often faced through specific, personal confrontations. The verse underscores responsibility: Arjuna’s duty is not abstract but embodied in named adversaries, making ethical resolve concrete.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya enumerates the principal warriors who are regarded as falling to Arjuna’s ‘portion’—the key opponents he is expected to engage and overcome: Karṇa, Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa, and Jayadratha of Sindhu.