Shloka 29

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

अधीत्य विधिवद्‌ वेदानग्नयः सुहुतास्त्वया । इष्टं च बहुभिय॑ज्ञिर्न ते मृत्युर्भयडकर:

Transliteration

adhītya vidhivad vedān agnayaḥ suhūtās tvayā | iṣṭaṃ ca bahubhir yajñair na te mṛtyur bhayakaraḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ನೀನು ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ವೇದಗಳನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ, ಯಥಾವಿಧಿಯಾಗಿ ಅಗ್ನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹುತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ್ದೀ, ಅನೇಕ ಯಜ್ಞಗಳಿಂದ ಇಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದ್ದೀ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಿನಗೆ ಮರಣವು ಭಯಕಾರಕವಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• अधीत्य: having studied
• अधीत्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• विधिवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अग्नयः: fires (sacred fires)
• अग्नयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुहुताः: well-offered, duly kindled/propitiated (by oblations)
• सुहुताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-हु (धातु) / सुहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• इष्टम्: sacrifice performed; worship done
• इष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (धातु) / इष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (PPP) used substantively, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• बहुभिः: with many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative, Singular

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयदः: fear-giving, terrifying
• भयदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• करः: making, causing
• करः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vedas
• sacred fires (Agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life grounded in disciplined learning (Veda-study) and properly performed duty (yajña and fire-rites) cultivates inner steadiness; thus one should meet death without moral panic, because one’s conduct has been aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a warrior-figure in the Drona Parva’s battle setting, affirming that the person’s long practice of Vedic study and sacrificial duties has prepared them to face the crisis of war and the prospect of death without fear.