Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मन्यसे यच्च कौन्तेयमर्जुनं श्रान्तमाहवे

Transliteration

manyase yac ca kaunteyam arjunaṁ śrāntam āhave

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If you think that Arjuna, the son of Kuntī, has grown weary in the battle…”

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.