Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मुक्ता वीरक्षयादस्मात्‌ संग्रामाललोमहर्षणात्‌ । क्षिप्रमुत्ततकालानि कुरु कार्याणि पाण्डव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

muktā vīrakṣayād asmāt saṅgrāmāl loma-harṣaṇāt |

kṣipram uttatakālāni kuru kāryāṇi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「勇士を滅ぼし、毛が逆立つほどのこの戦から、汝らは解き放たれた。おおパーンドゥの子よ、いま眼前にある務めを速やかに成し遂げよ。」

Word by Word

• मुक्ताः: freed, released
• मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीरक्षयात्: from the destruction of heroes
• वीरक्षयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• संग्रामात्: from the battle
• संग्रामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अलोमहर्षणात्: from (that which is) hair-raising, thrilling
• अलोमहर्षणात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलोमहर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• उत्ततकालानि: those (tasks) whose time has come / timely, due
• उत्ततकालानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्ततकाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कुरु: do, perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्याणि: tasks, things to be done
• कार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (son/descendant of Pāṇḍu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after surviving a terrifying and destructive conflict, one must promptly return to rightful responsibilities (kāryāṇi)—the ethical emphasis is on timely discharge of duty rather than lingering in the shock or exhilaration of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Pāṇḍava, noting that they have come out of a hair-raising battle marked by the fall of many heroes, and urges him to quickly carry out the necessary next actions in the unfolding situation.