Shloka 2636

Devanagari script

युद्धे हार्जुनमासाद्य स्वस्तिमान्‌ को व्रजेद्‌ गृहान्‌ । “भारत! तुम जो कुछ कह रहे हो, ऐसी बातें मूर्ख मनुष्य कहा करते हैं। भला, युद्धमें अर्जुनका सामना करके कौन कुशलपूर्वक घरको लौट सकता है?

Transliteration

yuddhe hārjunam āsādya svastimān ko vrajed gṛhān |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「おおバーラタよ、そなたの言葉は愚か者の口にする類いだ。戦場でアルジュナに遭って、いったい誰が無事のまま家へ帰れようか。」

Word by Word

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having encountered/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• स्वस्तिमान्: safe/unharmed
• स्वस्तिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्ति-मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्रजेत्: could go/would go
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गृहान्: to (his) homes/homeward
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores sober discernment in the face of war: empty confidence and wishful speech are condemned as folly, while Arjuna’s prowess is presented as a moral and strategic reality that must be acknowledged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra (called Bhārata), rebuking a naïve or overconfident remark and stressing that confronting Arjuna on the battlefield is so perilous that returning home unharmed is scarcely possible.