Shloka 26

Devanagari script

चक्रेण चक्रमासाद्य वीरो वीरस्य संयुगे

Transliteration

cakreṇa cakram āsādya vīro vīrasya saṃyuge

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。戦のただ中で、英雄は己の車輪をもって敵の英雄の戦車の車輪に迫り当て、間合いを詰めた。まるで乱戦の渦中で、力と胆力を面と向かって試そうとするかのようであった。

Word by Word

• चक्रेण: with a discus/wheel
• चक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चक्रम्: the discus/wheel
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• वीरः: the hero/warrior
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरस्य: of the hero/warrior
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot-wheel (cakra)
• battle/combat (saṃyuga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the kṣatriya ideal of meeting an equal opponent directly and fearlessly; even the imagery of wheel-to-wheel contact suggests steadfastness, resolve, and the ethical demand to stand one’s ground in a righteous contest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a close-quarters moment in the chariot battle where one warrior drives in so near that his chariot-wheel meets the other’s wheel—signaling an intense engagement between two valiant fighters.