Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मन्यसे यच्च कौन्तेयमर्जुनं श्रान्तमाहवे

Transliteration

manyase yac ca kaunteyam arjunaṁ śrāntam āhave

Translation

संजय बोले—यदि तुम यह समझते हो कि कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन युद्ध में थक गया है…

Word by Word

• मन्यसे: you think/suppose
• मन्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Madhyama, Eka

• यत्: that/which (introducing a clause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्
• Form: Conjunction/relative particle

• कौन्तेयम्: Kunti's son (Arjuna) [as object]
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• श्रान्तम्: wearied, exhausted
• श्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त (√श्रम्)
• Form: Kta (past passive participle), Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Pum, Saptami, Eka

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames a moral-psychological point central to epic warfare: do not underestimate a dharmic warrior’s resolve by assuming fatigue implies defeat; endurance and duty can outlast physical strain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, begins a conditional statement addressing an assumption that Arjuna has become tired in combat, setting up a rebuttal or further description of Arjuna’s continuing prowess.