Shloka 64

Devanagari script

स मुहूर्त तथा भूत्वा सचेता: पुनरुत्थितः । रुधिरेणाप्लुताड़स्तु पाण्डवो भृशदु:खित:,दो घड़ीतक उसी अवस्थामें पड़े रहनेके पश्चात्‌ जब अर्जुनको चेत हुआ, तब वे उठकर खड़े हो गये। उस समय उनका सारा शरीर खूनसे लथपथ हो रहा था और वे बहुत दुःखी हो गये थे

Transliteration

sa muhūrtaṃ tathā bhūtvā sacetāḥ punar utthitaḥ | rudhireṇāplutāṅgas tu pāṇḍavo bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ ||

Translation

Setelah beberapa saat tergeletak demikian, Arjuna sadar kembali dan bangkit berdiri. Seluruh tubuhnya berlumur darah, dan sang Pāṇḍava diliputi duka yang amat dalam.

Word by Word

सःhe

मुहूर्तम्for a moment

तथाthus, in that manner

भूत्वाhaving been (so)

सचेताःconscious, having regained senses

पुनःagain

उत्थितःrisen, got up

रुधिरेणwith blood

आप्लुताङ्गःwhose limbs were drenched

तुbut, indeed

पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Arjuna)

भृशदुःखितःdeeply distressed

Speaker

किरयात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna as a son of Pāṇḍu)

blood (rudhira)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights endurance under affliction: even when physically broken and emotionally overwhelmed, the dharmic agent must recover composure and stand up again. It frames suffering not as an endpoint but as a testing ground for resolve and right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna has been struck down or rendered helpless for a time. After a brief interval he regains consciousness, rises, and is seen covered in blood and deeply distressed—signaling the severity of the encounter and setting up his next response.