Shloka 5

Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अद्य मद्वाणनिर्दग्ध॑ पतितं धरणीतले । द्रक्ष्यतस्त्वां रणे वीरी सहितौ केशवार्जुनौ,“आज युद्धमें वीर श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन दोनों एक साथ तुम्हें मेरे बाणोंसे दग्ध होकर पृथ्वीपर पड़ा हुआ देखेंगे

Transliteration

adya mad-vāṇa-nirdagdhaḥ patitaṃ dharaṇī-tale | drakṣyatas tvāṃ raṇe vīrau sahitau keśavārjunau ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Today, scorched by my arrows, you will fall upon the earth; and in the battle the two heroes—Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) and Arjuna—standing together will behold you lying there.” The line conveys the fierce certainty and moral hardening that war can produce, where triumph is imagined as the enemy’s public downfall before revered witnesses.

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

मत्from me

बाण-निर्दग्धम्burnt by arrows

पतितम्fallen

धरणी-तलेon the surface of the earth

द्रक्ष्यतःwill see

त्वाम्you

रणेin battle

वीरिin heroism/valour (as a field/occasion)

सहितौtogether

केशव-अर्जुनौKeshava and Arjuna

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Arjuna

arrows (vāṇa)

battlefield (raṇa)

earth/ground (dharaṇī-tala)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes