Shloka 6
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
Devanagari script
तथा कृष्णौ महेष्वासौ वृषभौ सर्वधन्विनाम्
Transliteration
tathā kṛṣṇau maheṣvāsau vṛṣabhau sarvadhanvinām
Translation
サञ्जयは言った。「同じく二人のクリシュナ—強弓の大射手—は、あらゆる弓取りの中で群を抜いて第一となり、同類の先頭に立つ雄牛のごとく、戦のうねりのただ中で比類なき武の卓越を体現していた。」
Word by Word
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कृष्णौthe two Krishnas (Krishna and Arjuna)
कृष्णौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
महेष्वासौthe two great archers
महेष्वासौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहेष्वास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
वृषभौthe two bulls; the foremost two
वृषभौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
सर्वधन्विनाम्of all archers
सर्वधन्विनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वधन्विन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaT
the two Krishnas (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights exemplary excellence joined with rightful purpose: true leaders in a dharma-oriented conflict are those whose skill and steadiness set the standard for others, not merely those who wield power.
Sanjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhritarashtra, praises the preeminence of the two Krishnas—Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—describing them as supreme among archers, using the metaphor of leading bulls to convey dominance and distinction.