Shloka 15

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

सर्वोपकरणोपेतं युक्तमश्वचिर्मनोजवै: । सचक्रोपस्करं श्रीमान्‌ हेमभाण्डपरिष्कृतम्‌

Transliteration

sarvopakaraṇopetaṁ yuktam aśvacirmamanojavaiḥ | sacakropaskaraṁ śrīmān hemabhāṇḍapariṣkṛtam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。かの輝かしき戦車は、あらゆる軍具を余すところなく備え、心のごとく迅速な馬を繋がれていた。車輪も必要な装具もすべて整い、黄金の飾り金具と精妙な金の器によって飾られて、王者の威光を放っていた――まもなく開かれる法（ダルマ）にかなう対決のために。そこでは一人の王が、義務と名誉に従い、アルジュナに相まみえんと進み出るのである。

Word by Word

• सर्वोपकरणोपेतम्: endowed with all equipment
• सर्वोपकरणोपेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-उपकरण-उपेत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युक्तम्: yoked/attached (harnessed)
• युक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मनोजवैः: with mind-swift (very fast) ones
• मनोजवैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सचक्रोपस्करम्: with wheels and equipment
• सचक्रोपस्करम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चक्र-उपस्कर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid/illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हेमभाण्डपरिष्कृतम्: adorned with golden vessels/ornaments
• हेमभाण्डपरिष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-भाण्ड-परिष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• chariot (ratha)
• horses (aśvāḥ)
• wheels (cakra)
• golden vessels/fittings (hemabhāṇḍa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma through disciplined readiness: power and wealth (golden adornments, swift horses) are presented not for vanity but to meet a duty-bound confrontation with proper preparation and honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a magnificently equipped chariot—fully prepared with war-gear and mind-swift horses—signaling that a royal warrior is about to advance to face Arjuna in the Aśvamedha-related episode.