Shloka 15

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

तपोविद्यावयोवृद्धैः क्रियावद्धिर्जितिन्द्रियै: । स्तूयमानो जयाशीर्भिरारुरोह महारथम्‌,उस समय तपस्या, विद्या तथा अवस्थामें बड़े-बूढ़े, क्रियाशील, जितेन्द्रिय ब्राह्मण उन्हें विजयसूचक आशीर्वाद देते हुए उनकी स्तुति-प्रशंसा कर रहे थे। उनकी की हुई वह स्तुति सुनते हुए अर्जुन उस विशाल रथपर आरूढ़ हुए

Transliteration

tapovidyāvayovṛddhaiḥ kriyāvaddhir jitendriyaiḥ | stūyamāno jayāśīrbhir āruroha mahāratham ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນຂະນະທີ່ພຣາຫມັນ—ຜູ້ເຖົ້າແກ່ດ້ວຍວັຍ ອຸດົມດ້ວຍຕະປະແລະວິຊາ ຂະຫຍັນໃນພິທີກຳ ແລະ ຄວບຄຸມອິນຊີ—ກໍາລັງສັນລະເສີນ ແລະ ອວຍພອນໃຫ້ໄດ້ໄຊຊະນະ, ອາຣຊຸນໄດ້ຟັງຄໍາສັນລະເສີນນັ້ນ ແລະ ຂຶ້ນສູ່ລົດຮົບອັນໃຫຍ່.

Word by Word

तपोविद्यावयोवृद्धैःby those advanced in austerity, learning, and age

क्रियावद्भिःby the active/engaged (ones)

जितेन्द्रियैःby the self-controlled (ones)

स्तूयमानःbeing praised

जयाशीर्भिःwith blessings of victory

आरुरोहmounted/ascended

महारथम्the great chariot

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Brāhmaṇas

mahāratha (great chariot)

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 the ethical ideal that power in war should be guided and sanctioned by spiritual discipline and social-religious order: elders who embody austerity, learning, right action, and sense-control confer auspicious blessings, framing the warrior’s action as duty rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, hearing the praises and victory-blessings offered by venerable, self-controlled Brahmins, mounts the great chariot—signaling readiness to proceed into the next phase of battle.