Shloka 27

Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds

Devanagari script

न च वेगं सिताश्व॒स्य विसहिष्यन्ति मामका: । गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोष॑ं प्रावड्जलदनि:स्वनम्‌,मेरे सैनिक श्वेतवाहन अर्जुनके वेग और वर्षाकालके मेघकी गम्भीर गर्जनाकी भाँति गाण्डीव धनुषकी टंकारध्वनिको नहीं सह सकेंगे

Transliteration

na ca vegaṃ sitāśvasya viṣahiṣyanti māmakāḥ | gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣaṃ prāvaḍ-jalada-niḥsvanam ||

Translation

मेरे सैनिक श्वेतवाहन अर्जुन के वेग को और वर्षाकाल के मेघ की गम्भीर गर्जना के समान गाण्डीव धनुष की टंकार-ध्वनि को सह नहीं सकेंगे।

Word by Word

नnot

चand

वेगम्speed, impetus

सिताश्वस्यof the white-horsed one (Arjuna)

विसहिष्यन्तिwill endure, will bear

मामकाःmy men, my troops

गाण्डीवस्यof Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

चand

निर्घोषम्roar, loud sound

प्रावृड्जलदनि:स्वनम्the rumbling sound of rain-season clouds

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva

white horses (Arjuna’s chariot-horses)

Kaurava warriors (māmakāḥ)

monsoon clouds (prāvaḍ-jalada)

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 highlights how steadfast resolve and renowned skill create moral and psychological dominance in war: Arjuna’s momentum and the iconic sound of his bow symbolize disciplined power that can shatter opponents’ confidence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the Kaurava side’s inability to withstand Arjuna’s charge and the terrifying, thunder-like twang of the Gāṇḍīva, emphasizing the dread Arjuna inspires on the battlefield in the Droṇa Parva.