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Shloka 466

Devanagari script

तां त्वं पुनर्वीर धृतिं गृहीत्वा सहानुबन्धं जहि सूतपुत्रम्‌ “वीर! तुमने अपने जिस उत्तम धैर्यके द्वारा किरातरूपधारी महात्मा भगवान्‌ शंकरको संतुष्ट किया था, उसी धैर्यको पुनः अपनाकर सगे-सम्बन्धियोंसहित सूतपुत्रका वध कर डालो

Transliteration

tāṃ tvaṃ punar vīra dhṛtiṃ gṛhītvā sahānubandhaṃ jahi sūtaputram

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ô héros, reprends une fois encore cette résolution inébranlable ; et, avec ses partisans et ses proches, frappe à mort le fils du cocher».

Word by Word

ताम्that (her/that one)

त्वम्you

पुनःagain

वीरO hero

धृतिम्steadfastness, resolve

गृहीत्वाhaving taken, having adopted

सहtogether with

अनुबन्धम्retinue, following; (one's) connections

जहिslay, kill

सूतपुत्रम्the charioteer’s son (Karna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna (Sūtaputra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dhṛti—steadfast resolve—as essential for carrying out one’s chosen duty in crisis. It portrays moral-psychological readiness (renewed firmness) as the prerequisite for decisive action in a dharma-framed battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an exhortation addressed to a warrior to reassert his fortitude and to kill Karṇa (“the sūta’s son”), not in isolation but along with his supporting associates—indicating a push toward a conclusive, strategic end to the conflict.