Shloka 11

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अर्जुन बोले--श्रीकृष्ण! मेरा तो यह विश्वास है कि दुर्योधनको द्रोणाचार्यने अभेद्य कवच बाँधकर उसमें यह अद्भुत शक्ति स्थापित कर दी है। यह कवचधारणा मेरे अस्त्रोंके लिये अभेद्य है

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca—śrīkṛṣṇa! mama tu etad viśvāsaḥ—duryodhanāya droṇācāryeṇa abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ baddhvā tasmin iyam adbhutā śaktiḥ pratiṣṭhāpitā. eṣā kavacadhāraṇā mama astrāṇāṃ prati abhedyā.

Translation

Arjuna said: “Śrī Kṛṣṇa, I am convinced that Droṇācārya has fastened an impenetrable armor upon Duryodhana and has established within it a wondrous power. With that armor in place, he has become unreachable by my weapons.”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

श्रीकृष्णO Shri Krishna

ममof me / my

तुindeed / but

एषःthis

विश्वासःbelief / conviction

यत्that (namely)

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana

द्रोणाचार्यःDronacharya

अभेद्येनwith an impenetrable (one)

कवचेनwith armor

बद्ध्वाhaving bound / having fastened

तस्मिन्in it

एताम्this

अद्भुताम्marvelous

शक्तिम्power / energy

स्थापितवान्has established / placed

एषाthis

कवचधारणाwearing/putting on of armor

ममmy

अस्त्राणाम्of weapons

अभेद्याimpenetrable

अस्तिis

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Duryodhana

Droṇācārya (Droṇa)

kavaca (impenetrable armor)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes