Shloka 6

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

सुप्यतां पार्थ भद्रें ते कल्याणाय व्रजाम्पहम्‌ | स्थापयित्वा ततो द्वाःस्थान्‌ 8 श्चात्तायुधान्‌ नरान्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | supyatāṃ pārtha bhadraṃ te kalyāṇāya vrajāmaham | sthāpayitvā tato dvāḥsthān śastrāyudhān narān |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Dors, ô Pārtha ; que le bien t’échoie. Je sortirai pour ton salut.» Puis, après avoir posté des hommes en armes en sentinelles à la porte, il s’en alla.

Word by Word

• सुप्यताम्: let (them/you all) sleep
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), कर्मणि (passive), 3, plural

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भद्रम्: good fortune; auspiciousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2, dative/genitive, singular

• कल्याणाय: for welfare; for good
• कल्याणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• व्रजामि: I go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपदम्, 1, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 1, nominative, singular

• स्थापयित्वा: having stationed/placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (स्थापय-)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, true

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• द्वाःस्थान्: stationed at the door; doorkeepers
• द्वाःस्थान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वार-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• शस्त्रात्तायुधान्: with weapons taken up; armed
• शस्त्रात्तायुधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्र-आत्त-आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• dvāḥsthāḥ (door-guards)
• śastra/āyudha (weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, one must uphold responsible care: ensuring another’s rest and safety, arranging protection, and acting for the welfare (kalyāṇa) of those entrusted to one’s duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Pārtha, urging him to sleep without fear, and states that he will go on an errand for Pārtha’s welfare after posting armed guards at the doorway.