Shloka 27

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

तस्याहवे पौरुषं पाण्डवस्य ब्रूयां हृष्ट: समितौ क्षत्रियाणाम्‌

Transliteration

tasyāhave pauruṣaṃ pāṇḍavasya brūyāṃ hṛṣṭaḥ samitau kṣatriyāṇām

Translation

Sañjaya dit : « Dans cette bataille, je raconterai avec joie la vaillance de ce Pāṇḍava, déployée au sein de l’assemblée des guerriers. »

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (of that one)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पौरुषम्: manliness, valor
• पौरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पाण्डवस्य: of the Pandava
• पाण्डवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• ब्रूयाम्: I should tell / may I tell
• ब्रूयाम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: optative (vidhi-lin), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• हृष्टः: delighted, thrilled
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समितौ: in the assembly/battle-gathering
• समितौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिति
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the Kshatriyas (warriors)
• क्षत्रियाणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• a Pāṇḍava (unspecified)
• Kṣatriyas (warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma: in the crucible of battle, a warrior’s pauruṣa (valor and steadfastness) becomes worthy of remembrance and narration, shaping moral reputation through courageous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals that he will now recount the heroic prowess of a Pāṇḍava as it manifested in the battlefield encounter among the assembled warriors.