Shloka 413

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

अश्वत्थामानमासाद्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह । उस समय राजा दुर्योधनने कर्णका पराक्रम देख अश्वत्थामाके पास पहुँचकर यह बात कही--

Transliteration

aśvatthāmānam āsādya vākyam etad uvāca ha |

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。彼はアシュヴァッターマに近づき、次の言葉を告げた。戦のただ中で、ドゥルヨーダナはカルナの武威を見て、アシュヴァッターマのもとへ赴き、策と命によって行動の筋道を定めようとして語りかけたのである。

Word by Word

• अश्वत्थामानम्: Ashvatthaman (as the one approached)
• अश्वत्थामानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थामन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached / reaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• Duryodhana
• Karṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a wartime ethical dynamic: leaders respond to perceived valor by seeking alliances and issuing counsel, showing how strategy and authority operate amid dharma-bound conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Duryodhana, impressed by Karṇa’s performance, goes to Aśvatthāmā and begins to speak—introducing the next instruction or request in the unfolding battle episode.