Shloka 20

अर्जुनस्य निवातकवचवधाय नियोगः

Arjuna’s commissioning for the Nivātakavacas

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञातस्तदा तेन कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्‌ । आगच्छदर्जुन: प्रीतः प्रह्ृष्टो गन्धमादनम्‌

Transliteration

anujñātas tadā tena kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam | āgacchad arjunaḥ prītaḥ prahṛṣṭo gandhamādanam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。そののち彼の許しを得て、さらに敬意をもって周回礼（プラダクシナ）を行い、アルジュナは喜びに満ち、歓喜して出立し、ガンダマーダナへと至った。

Word by Word

• anujñātaḥ: having been permitted
• anujñātaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anujñāta (√jñā, with anu-; past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• kṛtvā: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• api: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation (keeping to the right)
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• āgacchat: came
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (ā-)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• arjunaḥ: Arjuna
• arjunaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prītaḥ: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (√prī; past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prahṛṣṭaḥ: delighted, overjoyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prahṛṣṭa (√hṛṣ; past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• gandhamādanam: Gandhamādana (mountain)
• gandhamādanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandhamādana
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Gandhamādana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one has achieved one’s immediate aim (permission to depart), dharmic conduct requires gratitude and reverence—shown here through pradakṣiṇā—before continuing one’s mission.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being granted leave by a respected figure (implied by 'tena'), Arjuna performs a respectful circumambulation and then proceeds, joyful and encouraged, toward the Gandhamādana region.