Shloka 15

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

तपोविद्यावयोवृद्धैः क्रियावद्धिर्जितिन्द्रियै: । स्तूयमानो जयाशीर्भिरारुरोह महारथम्‌,उस समय तपस्या, विद्या तथा अवस्थामें बड़े-बूढ़े, क्रियाशील, जितेन्द्रिय ब्राह्मण उन्हें विजयसूचक आशीर्वाद देते हुए उनकी स्तुति-प्रशंसा कर रहे थे। उनकी की हुई वह स्तुति सुनते हुए अर्जुन उस विशाल रथपर आरूढ़ हुए

Transliteration

tapovidyāvayovṛddhaiḥ kriyāvaddhir jitendriyaiḥ | stūyamāno jayāśīrbhir āruroha mahāratham ||

Translation

ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತಪಸ್ಸು, ವಿದ್ಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವೃದ್ಧರಾದ, ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲರಾದ, ಜಿತೇಂದ್ರಿಯರಾದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರು ಜಯಾಶೀರ್ವಾದಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಆ ಸ್ತುತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತ ಅರ್ಜುನನು ಮಹಾರಥವನ್ನು ಏರಿದನು।

Word by Word

तपोविद्यावयोवृद्धैःby those advanced in austerity, learning, and age

क्रियावद्भिःby the active/engaged (ones)

जितेन्द्रियैःby the self-controlled (ones)

स्तूयमानःbeing praised

जयाशीर्भिःwith blessings of victory

आरुरोहmounted/ascended

महारथम्the great chariot

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Brāhmaṇas

mahāratha (great chariot)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal that power in war should be guided and sanctioned by spiritual discipline and social-religious order: elders who embody austerity, learning, right action, and sense-control confer auspicious blessings, framing the warrior’s action as duty rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, hearing the praises and victory-blessings offered by venerable, self-controlled Brahmins, mounts the great chariot—signaling readiness to proceed into the next phase of battle.