Shloka 115

Devanagari script

यावच्चक्रमिदं ग्रस्तमुद्धरामि महाभुज । न मां रथस्थो भूमिष्ठं विकलं हन्तुमहसि

Transliteration

yāvac cakram idaṃ grastam uddharāmi mahābhuja | na māṃ rathastho bhūmiṣṭhaṃ vikalaṃ hantum arhasi ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大いなる腕の者よ、この沈み込んだ車輪を引き上げるまで、汝は我を討つべきではない。汝は戦車にあり、我は地に立ち、損なわれて不利なのだから。」

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (temporal limit)

• चक्रम्: wheel
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ग्रस्तम्: seized / stuck / swallowed (by the ground)
• ग्रस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: past passive participle, neuter, accusative, singular

• उद्धरामि: I lift up / I pull out
• उद्धरामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 1st person, singular

• महाभुज: O mighty-armed one
• महाभुज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभुज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• रथस्थः: standing on the chariot / chariot-mounted
• रथस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथस्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भूमिष्ठम्: standing on the ground
• भूमिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमिष्ठ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विकलम्: disabled / helpless
• विकलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकल
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: infinitive (tumun)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• अर्हसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot wheel (cakra)
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a battlefield appeal to dharma: one should not exploit an opponent’s temporary helplessness or unequal footing (chariot-borne versus grounded, disabled), emphasizing restraint and fairness even amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of combat, a warrior’s chariot wheel has sunk and must be pulled free. While he is on the ground and impaired, he asks the opponent not to kill him from the advantage of the chariot until the wheel is recovered.