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Shloka 6

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

ततस्तत्‌ कथयामास यथा दृष्टं धनंजय: । आश्चासनार्थ सुदह्ददां ऋ्यम्बकेण समागमम्‌,यों कहकर अर्जुन अपने सुहृदोंके आश्वासनके लिये जिस प्रकार भगवान्‌ शंकरसे मिलनका स्वप्न देखा था, वह सब कह सुनाया

tatas tat kathayāmāsa yathā dṛṣṭaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ | āśvāsanārthaṃ suhṛdāṃ tryambakeṇa samāgamam ||

तत्पश्चात् धनंजय (अर्जुन) ने जैसा देखा था वैसा ही सब कह सुनाया—अपने सुहृदों को आश्वस्त करने के लिए उसने स्वप्न में त्र्यम्बक (भगवान् शंकर) से जो मिलन देखा था।

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तत्that (thing/matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कथयामासtold, narrated
कथयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (कथयति)
Formperfect (periphrastic), third, singular, parasmaipada
यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
दृष्टम्seen
दृष्टम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formpast passive participle, neuter, nominative/accusative, singular
धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)
धनंजयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनंजय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
आश्वासनार्थम्for the purpose of reassurance
आश्वासनार्थम्:
Prayojana (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्वासनार्थ
Formneuter, accusative, singular
सुहृदाम्of (his) friends/well-wishers
सुहृदाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
त्र्यम्बकेणwith Tryambaka (Śiva)
त्र्यम्बकेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्र्यम्बक
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
समागमम्meeting, encounter
समागमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमागम
Formmasculine, accusative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
A
Arjuna (Dhananjaya)
S
Shiva (Tryambaka)
A
Arjuna's friends/allies (suhṛd)

Educational Q&A

In the midst of war, a leader sustains morale by sharing experiences that strengthen faith and confidence; Arjuna’s account functions ethically as reassurance to his well-wishers, grounding courage in devotion rather than mere aggression.

Sanjaya reports that Arjuna tells his companions what he saw—specifically, a dream-vision of meeting Lord Śiva (Tryambaka)—and he recounts it to comfort and steady his allies.