Shloka 42

Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna

Chapter 79

Devanagari script

कुर्याम तद्‌ वयं कर्म क्रियासु सुहृदश्च नः । कृतवान्‌ यादृगद्यैकस्तव पुत्रो महारथ:,“तुम्हारे महारथी पुत्रने अकेले ही आज जैसा पराक्रम किया है, उसे हम और हमारे सुहृद्‌ भी कार्यरूपमें परिणत करें"

Transliteration

kuryāma tad vayaṁ karma kriyāsu suhṛdaś ca naḥ | kṛtavān yādṛg adyaikaḥ tava putro mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「さあ我らは、我らに好意を寄せる者たちと共に、この決意を目前の務めにおいて行いとして結実させよう——汝の子、偉大なる車戦士が今日ただ一人で成し遂げたその偉業に見合うように。」

Word by Word

• कुर्याम: may we do / should we do
• कुर्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, optative, 1, plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, nominative, plural

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• क्रियासु: in actions / in undertakings
• क्रियासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• सुहृदः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नः: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, genitive, plural

• कृतवान्: has done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• यादृक्: what kind (of deed) / such as
• यादृक्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यादृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अद्य: today
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महा-रथः: great chariot-warrior
• महा-रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your')
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son (Duryodhana implied)
• suhṛd (allies/well-wishers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Personal heroism should be supported by collective follow-through: when a leader or champion performs exceptionally, allies have an ethical duty to translate that advantage into coordinated action rather than leaving the burden on one person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the king’s son has displayed remarkable single-handed prowess in battle that day, and urges that ‘we and our allies’ should now act effectively in ongoing operations to capitalize on that feat.