Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कवचेन समायुक्तः कुण्डलाभ्यां च मानद | अवध्यस्त्वं रणेडरीणामिति विद्धि वचो मम,“मानद! तुम अपने कवच और कुण्डलोंसे संयुक्त होनेपर रणमें शत्रुओंके लिये भी अवध्य बने रहोगे, मेरी इस बातको समझ लो

Transliteration

kavacena samāyuktaḥ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ ca mānada | avadhyas tvaṃ raṇe 'rīṇām iti viddhi vaco mama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O generous one, when you are equipped with your armor and your earrings, know this as my word: in battle you will be invulnerable even to your enemies.”

Word by Word

कवचेनwith (the) armor

समायुक्तःjoined/armed (with)

कुण्डलाभ्याम्with the two earrings

चand

मानदO giver of honor (epithet)

अवध्यःinvulnerable, not to be slain

त्वम्you

रणेin battle

अरीणाम्of enemies

इतिthus

विद्धिknow, understand

वचःword, statement

ममmy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kavaca (armor)

kuṇḍala (earrings)

enemies (arayaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Protective endowments (armor and earrings) are presented as decisive sources of battlefield security; the verse underscores how extraordinary safeguards can render a warrior effectively unslayable, shaping both confidence and destiny in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a statement addressed to a noble person, assuring him that so long as he remains united with his armor and earrings, he will be invulnerable to enemies in battle.