Shloka 14

Devanagari script

स त्वं पुरुषशार्टूल पौरुषेण समास्थित: । क्षत्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य प्रत्युद्याहि धनंजयम्‌

Transliteration

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārṭūla pauruṣeṇa samāsthitaḥ | kṣatradharma-puraskṛtya pratyudyāhi dhanañjayam ||

Translation

ಆದುದರಿಂದ, ಓ ಪುರುಷಶಾರ್ದೂಲ! ಪೌರುಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನಾಗಿ, ಕ್ಷತ್ರಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮುಂಚಿಟ್ಟು ಧನಂಜಯ (ಅರ್ಜುನ)ನನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸಲು ಮುಂದಾಗು.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (you)

त्वम्you

पुरुषशार्दूलO tiger among men

पौरुषेणby manly valor

समास्थितःhaving taken a stand / firmly resolved

क्षत्रधर्मम्the duty of a kshatriya

पुरस्कृत्यhaving put in front / keeping foremost

प्रत्युद्याहिgo forth to meet / advance against

धनंजयम्Dhananjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges steadfastness and ethical clarity in crisis: a warrior should act with courage while keeping kṣatriya-dharma—duty, honor, and responsibility in battle—as the foremost guiding principle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, narrating events of the Kurukṣetra war, delivers an exhortation to a leading fighter to remain resolute and to confront Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) directly, framing the coming clash as an obligation of warrior-duty.