Shloka 19

Devanagari script

वेदनार्तशरीरस्य प्रयच्छापो ममार्जुन । त्वं हि शक्तो महेष्वास दातुमापो यथाविधि

Transliteration

vedanārtśarīrasya prayacchāpo mamārjuna | tvaṁ hi śakto maheṣvāsa dātum āpo yathāvidhi ||

Translation

«Ô Arjuna, mon corps est tourmenté par la douleur : apporte-moi de l’eau. Toi, grand archer, tu es bien capable de me la présenter selon le rite convenable.»

Word by Word

• वेदना-आर्त-शरीरस्य: of (me) whose body is afflicted by pain
• वेदना-आर्त-शरीरस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदना-आर्त-शरीर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रयच्छ: give, bestow
• प्रयच्छ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• आपः: waters (water)
• आपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• मम: to/for me, of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अर्जुन: O Arjuna
• अर्जुन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महा-इष्वास: O great archer
• महा-इष्वास: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-इष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दातुम्: to give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• आपः: waters (water)
• आपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• यथा-विधि: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• water (āpaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid conflict and suffering, one should respond to distress with timely aid and with propriety (yathāvidhi), showing compassion without abandoning disciplined conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a moment where a pain-stricken elder asks Arjuna, famed as a great archer, to bring and offer water properly—highlighting Arjuna’s capacity to render service in a prescribed, respectful manner even on the battlefield.