Shloka 92

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तौ विदार्य महासेनां प्रविष्टी केशवार्जुनौ

Transliteration

tau vidārya mahāsenāṁ praviṣṭī keśavārjunau

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮಹಾಸೇನೆಯನ್ನು ಚಿದ್ರಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಕೇಶವ-ಅರ್ಜುನರು ಶತ್ರುಪಂಕ್ತಿಗಳೊಳಗೆ ಆಳವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದರು; ಕರ್ತವ್ಯನಿಷ್ಠ ಧೈರ್ಯ-ಕೌಶಲ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅವರು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಮುನ್ನಡೆದರು, ಆದರೆ ಯುದ್ಧದ ಮಹಾವಿನಾಶದ ನೈತಿಕ ಭಾರವೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಚಿತವಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विदार्य: having torn asunder / having rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ (वि + दॄ)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having done)

• महासेनाम्: the great army
• महासेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविष्टौ: entered / having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• केशव-अर्जुनौ: Keshava and Arjuna
• केशव-अर्जुनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव; अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna
• mahāsenā (the great army)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast action in one’s appointed duty (kṣatriya-dharma): decisive effort and courage, guided by right leadership (Keśava), even amid the grave moral cost inherent in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛṣṇa (as charioteer) and Arjuna forcefully break through a massive opposing formation and enter deep into the enemy host, signaling an aggressive push in the battle of the Karṇa Parva.