Shloka 13

द्रोणानीक-व्यतिक्रमः — Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Break Through Droṇa’s Array

Devanagari script

मामसौ पुत्रहन्तेति श्वोडईभियाता धनंजय: । प्रतिज्ञातो हि सेनाया मध्ये तेन वधो मम,“राजन! मुझे अपने पुत्रका घातक समझकर अर्जुन कल सबेरे मुझपर आक्रमण करनेवाला है; क्योंकि उसने अपनी सेनाके बीचमें मेरे वधकी प्रतिज्ञा की है

Transliteration

mām asau putra-hanteti śvoḍaśībhiyātā dhanañjayaḥ | pratijñāto hi senāyā madhye tena vadho mama |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、我をわが子の仇と見なして、ダナンジャヤ（アルジュナ）は明日の暁に我へ攻めかかって来ましょう。彼は自軍のただ中で、我が死を誓い立てたのです。」

Word by Word

माम्me

असौthat (man), he

पुत्र-हन्ताson-slayer

इतिthus, thinking/quoting

श्वःtomorrow

उषसिat dawn

अभियाताattacker, assailant

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

प्रतिज्ञातःhaving vowed, having promised

हिindeed, for

सेनायाःof the army

मध्येin the midst

तेनby him

वधःkilling, slaying

ममof me, my

राजन्O king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the binding moral force of a warrior’s vow (pratijñā) in the epic: once publicly declared before one’s troops, it becomes a matter of honor and dharma to pursue it, even when driven by grief and the desire for retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, believing the speaker to be responsible for his son’s death, has publicly vowed in the army’s presence to kill him and will therefore attack at dawn the next day.