Shloka 236

Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

संसज्जन्तु रथे क्षिप्रं शास्त्रवद्‌ रथयोजका: । “अतः रथ जोतनेवाले लोग शीघ्र ही मेरे रथपर शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार अधिक-से- अधिक शस्त्र तथा अन्य सब आवश्यक सामग्री सजाकर रख दें

Transliteration

saṃsajjantu rathe kṣipraṃ śāstravad rathayojakāḥ |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ゆえに、戦車を整える者たちは、定められた作法に従い、我が戦車を速やかに備えよ。相応の武具と必要な備品をことごとく整えよ。」

Word by Word

• संसज्जन्तु: let (them) equip/prepare
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + सज्ज्
• Form: Lot, Parasmaipada, 3, Plural

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• शास्त्रवत्: according to the treatises/rules
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शास्त्रवत्

• रथयोजकाः: chariot-fitters / chariot-harnessers
• रथयोजकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथयोजक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot (ratha)
• chariot-fitters/charioteers (rathayojakāḥ)
• śāstra (prescribed rules)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in urgent wartime moments, one should act with discipline and according to established norms (śāstravat), emphasizing orderly duty over haste-driven disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction to the chariot attendants: the chariot is to be quickly outfitted and made ready, following proper procedural standards.