Shloka 20

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

तस्यां रजन्यां मध्ये तु प्रतिबुद्धो जनार्दन:

Transliteration

tasyāṁ rajanyāṁ madhye tu pratibuddho janārdanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the middle of that night, Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) awoke—an awakening that signals alertness and timely action amid the moral darkness of war, where vigilance and right counsel become essential to uphold dharma.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• रजन्याम्: night
• रजन्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रतिबुद्धः: awakened
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिबुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)