Shloka 38

भीमसेन-द्रोण-संग्रामः

Bhīmasena and Droṇa: Containment, Advance, and Recognition

Devanagari script

कृष्णपार्थो महेष्वासौ व्यतिक्रम्याथ ते सुत: । अग्रतः पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रतीयाय नराधिप,नरेश्वर! महाधनुर्धर श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको लाँधचकर आपका पुत्र कमलनयन श्रीकृष्णके सामने जा पहुँचा

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapārtho maheṣvāsau vyatikramyātha te sutaḥ | agrataḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ pratīyāya narādhipa naraśvara ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ພຣະຣາຊະບຸດຂອງພະອົງ ໄດ້ຝ່າຂ້າມນັກທະນູຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ຄື ກຣິດສະນະ ແລະ ພາຣຖະ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ແລ້ວພຸ້ນໄປຂ້າງໜ້າຈົນຮອດແຖວໜ້າສຸດ ແລະໄດ້ປະຈັນໜ້າກັບ ກຣິດສະນະ ຜູ້ມີດວງຕາດັ່ງດອກບົວ. ຂະນະນັ້ນສະທ້ອນຄວາມກ້າຫານຂອງນັກຮົບ ແຕ່ກໍບອກເຖິງຄວາມຕຶງຕັນທາງທໍາ ເມື່ອຕ້ອງເຜີຍໜ້າກັບຜູ້ຂັບລົດ-ຜູ້ນໍາທາງ ຜູ້ເປັນດັ່ງສຽງຊີ້ນໍາທາງທໍາ ແລະຄວາມຢັ້ງຢືນທາງຍຸດທະສາດທ່າມກາງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ.

Word by Word

कृष्णपार्थौKrishna and Partha (Arjuna)

महेष्वासौgreat bowmen

व्यतिक्रम्यhaving passed beyond / having overstepped

अथthen

तेyour

सुतःson

अग्रतःin front

पुण्डरीकाक्षम्the lotus-eyed one (Krishna)

प्रतीयायwent up to / approached

नराधिपO king

नरेश्वरO lord of men

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')

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 highlights battlefield initiative and audacity—moving past formidable opponents to confront a key figure. Ethically, it frames the tension between sheer martial impulse and the presence of Kṛṣṇa, who represents discerning counsel and dharmic orientation even within war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that the king’s son advances past Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—both renowned archers—and comes directly before Kṛṣṇa (the lotus-eyed), indicating a bold forward move and an imminent encounter at the front of the battle.