Shloka 2

Kṛṣṇopadeśa and Duryodhana’s Challenge

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 77

Devanagari script

अस्त्रमस्त्रेण सर्वेषामेतेषां मधुसूदन । मया द्रक्ष्यसि निर्भिन्नं जयद्रथवधैषिणा

Transliteration

astram astreṇa sarveṣām eteṣāṃ madhusūdana | mayā drakṣyasi nirbhinnaṃ jayadratha-vadhaiṣiṇā ||

Translation

ໂອ ມະທຸສູດະນ, ເຈົ້າຈະເຫັນຂ້ອຍ ທໍາລາຍອາວຸດຂອງວີຣະຊົນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ທັງໝົດ ດ້ວຍອາວຸດຕໍ່ຕ້ານອາວຸດ, ເພາະຂ້ອຍໄດ້ຕັ້ງໃຈແນ່ວແນ່ຈະສັງຫານ ຈະຍະດຣະຖະ. ໃນຄວາມເດືອດດານທີ່ເກີດຈາກຄໍາປະຕິຍານນີ້, ອາຣະຊຸນມອງການຮົບບໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອອວດອໍານາດ, ແຕ່ເປັນຄວາມຈໍາເປັນທີ່ມີນໍ້າໜັກທາງທໍາມະ ຜູກພັນກັບໜ້າທີ່ທີ່ໄດ້ປະຕິຍານ ແລະ ຄວາມຍຸດຕິທໍາໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

अस्त्रेणwith a weapon

सर्वेषाम्of all

एतेषाम्of these

मधुसूदनO slayer of Madhu (Krishna)

मयाby me

द्रक्ष्यसिyou will see

निर्भिन्नम्pierced, split asunder

जयद्रथ-वध-एषिणाby one seeking the slaying of Jayadratha

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Krishna (Madhusudana)

Jayadratha

astra (divine/missile weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights vow-bound duty in a dharmic war: Arjuna’s resolve is not mere anger but a pledged commitment to restore justice, pursued with disciplined skill (weapon answered by counter-weapon) under Kṛṣṇa’s witnessing guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa, declaring that he will neutralize the weapons of the opposing warriors and press forward, because he is intent on killing Jayadratha—an urgent objective that drives the day’s battle strategy and intensity.