Shloka 27

Devanagari script

प्रगृह् च कुरुश्रेष्ठ साड़॒दं दक्षिणं भुजम्‌ । उवाच धर्मभृत्‌ पार्थ उभौ तौ केशवार्जुनौ

Transliteration

pragṛhya ca kuruśreṣṭha sāṅgadaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ bhujam | uvāca dharmabhṛt pārtha ubhau tau keśavārjunau ||

Translation

クル族の最上よ。そこで法を守る王ユディシュティラは、腕輪で飾られた聖クリシュナの右腕を自らの手に取り、ケーシャヴァとアルジュナの二人に向かって語りかけた。

Word by Word

• प्रगृह्य: having taken (holding)
• प्रगृह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), परस्मैपदी (प्रयोगः), absolutive: having taken/holding

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

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• साङ्गदं: adorned with an armlet
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साङ्गद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दक्षिणं: right
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भुजम्: arm
• भुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मभृत्: upholder of dharma
• धर्मभृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Yudhishthira)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उभौ: both
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• केशव: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशव: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुन: Arjuna
• अर्जुन: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)
• Arjuna
• aṅgada (armlet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, rightful leadership is marked by restraint, reverence, and accountability to dharma. Yudhiṣṭhira’s gesture and address signal that decisions should be grounded in moral duty and guided by wise counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira physically takes hold of Kṛṣṇa’s right arm (adorned with an armlet) and then speaks to both Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, setting up an important exchange before subsequent action in the battle narrative.