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Shloka 6

आचार्य-क्षमा, देśa–kāla-नīti, तथा भेद-दोषः

Teacher-Reconciliation, Timing-Policy, and the Fault of Factionalism

रथं तमागतं दृष्टवा दक्षिणं प्राकरोत्‌ तदा । रथमास्थाय बी भत्सु: कौन्तेय: श्वेतवाहन:

vaiśampāyana uvāca | rathaṃ tam āgataṃ dṛṣṭvā dakṣiṇaṃ prākaroṭ tadā | ratham āsthāya bībhatsuḥ kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ |

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಆ ರಥವು ಬಂದಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಅವನು ಆಗ ಬಲಗಡೆಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದನು. ನಂತರ ರಥವನ್ನು ಏರಿ, ಶ್ವೇತಾಶ್ವವಾಹನನಾದ ಕೌಂತೇಯ ಬೀಭತ್ಸು (ಅರ್ಜುನ) ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿ, ಧರ್ಮಮರ್ಯಾದೆಯನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸುತ್ತ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟನು।

रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तम्that
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आगतम्come/arrived
आगतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-गम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
दक्षिणम्to the right/rightward
दक्षिणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्राकरोत्made/turned (to the right); circumambulated
प्राकरोत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√कृ
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आस्थायhaving mounted
आस्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था
Formक्त्वा/ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)
बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)
बीभत्सुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबीभत्सु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कौन्तेयःson of Kuntī
कौन्तेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्वेतवाहनःhaving white steeds as his vehicle
श्वेतवाहनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वेत-वाहन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
A
Arjuna
K
Kuntī
C
Chariot
W
White horses

Educational Q&A

Even on the threshold of battle, one should act with discipline and auspicious propriety: Arjuna’s rightward circumambulation reflects reverence, self-control, and adherence to dharma before undertaking a grave duty.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna sees the chariot arrive, performs a rightward circumambulation (a respectful, auspicious act), then mounts it—identified by his epithets Bībhatsu and Kaunteya and by his white steeds—signaling readiness to proceed toward the coming confrontation.