Shloka 386

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

उलूकस्य रथं तूर्णमारुरोह विशाम्पते । प्रजापालक भरतश्रेष्ठ! तब सुबलपुत्र शकुनि अपने रथसे कूदकर तुरंत ही उलूकके रथपर जा चढ़ा

Transliteration

ulūkasya rathaṃ tūrṇam āruroha viśāmpate | prajā-pālaka bharata-śreṣṭha! tataḥ subala-putraḥ śakuniḥ sva-rathāt kūdya tvaritaṃ hy ulūka-ratham āruroha ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງປະຊາ, ໂອ ຜູ້ພິທັກຮັກສາປະຊາຊົນ, ຜູ້ປະເສີດສຸດໃນວົງພາຣະຕະ—ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ຊະກຸນິ ບຸດຂອງສຸບະລະ ໄດ້ໂດດລົງຈາກລົດຮົບຂອງຕົນ ແລ້ວຂຶ້ນໄປຍັງລົດຮົບຂອງອຸລູກະໃນທັນທີ. ໃນຄວາມກົດດັນຂອງສົງຄາມ, ການປ່ຽນລົດຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການປະສານງານທາງຍຸດທະວິທີຢ່າງຮີບດ່ວນ ແລະຄວາມພ້ອມທີ່ຈະລະທິ້ງຕຳແໜ່ງຂອງຕົນເພື່ອຄວ້າປະໂຫຍດທັນທີ.

Word by Word

• उलूकस्य: of Ulūka
• उलूकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• आरुरोह: mounted / climbed onto
• आरुरोह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• विशाम्पते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ulūka
• Śakuni
• Subala
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights wartime decisiveness: effective leaders and strategists rapidly adapt positions and resources to meet immediate needs, prioritizing outcome and coordination over attachment to one’s own station.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śakuni quickly leaves his own chariot and mounts Ulūka’s chariot, indicating an urgent tactical move and close coordination between them amid the battle.