Shloka 43

Devanagari script

हताविति तयोरासीत्‌ सेनयोरुभयोर्मतिः । तरसाभ्यागतौ दृष्टवा सहितौ केशवार्जुनौ,श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनके सम्बन्धमें उन दोनों ही सेनाओंको यह विश्वास हो गया था कि वे मारे गये। फिर उन दोनोंको एक साथ वेगपूर्वक निकट आया देख सबको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई

Transliteration

hatāv iti tayor āsīt senayor ubhayor matiḥ | tarasābhyāgatau dṛṣṭvā sahitau keśavārjunau |

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。両軍は、クリシュナとアルジュナは討たれたのだと信じ込んでいた。だが、ケーシャヴァとアルジュナが再び並び立ち、烈しい勢いで近づくのを見たとき、安堵と歓喜の波が陣中に広がった。戦において恐れと流言がいかに速く心を揺さぶるか、そして正しき指導者の存在がいかに士気と沈着を取り戻させるかが、そこに露わとなった。

Word by Word

हतौslain (the two)

इतिthus

तयोःof those two

आसीत्was

सेनयोःof the two armies

उभयोःof both

मतिःbelief, thought

तरसाwith speed, swiftly

अभ्यागतौhaving come near/approached (the two)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सहितौtogether, united (the two)

केशवKeshava (Krishna)

अर्जुनौthe two Arjunas (i.e., Arjuna with Keshava as a pair in context)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Arjuna

the two armies (Pāṇḍava and Kaurava forces)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In war, collective belief can be shaped by fear and incomplete information; the reappearance of steadfast leaders restores confidence. Ethically, the verse highlights the responsibility of leaders to remain visible and resolute, since their presence stabilizes the community in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Both sides momentarily assume that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna have been killed. When they are then seen approaching together at great speed, the armies feel renewed joy and relief, recognizing that the key charioteer and warrior are alive and united.