Shloka 936

Devanagari script

यज्वभिर्विधिनाहूतौ मखे देवाविवाश्विनौ । जैसे यज्ञमें ऋत्विजोंद्वारा विधिपूर्वक आवाहन किये जानेपर दोनों अश्विनीकुमार नामक देवता पदार्पण करते हैं, उसी प्रकार युद्धनिपुण वे श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन भी मानो आह्वान किये जानेपर उस रणयज्ञमें पधारे थे

Transliteration

yajvabhir vidhināhūtau makhe devāv ivāśvinau |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເຫມືອນດັ່ງເທວະຄູ່ອັດສະວິນ ມາຮອດພິທີບູຊາເມື່ອພຣະສະຫຼຸບພິທີເຊີນຕາມຫຼັກການອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນາ ແລະ ອາຣະຈຸນ—ຜູ້ຊຳນານການຮົບ—ກໍຄືກັນ ປານດັ່ງຖືກເຊີນຢ່າງຖືກພິທີ ເຂົ້າສູ່ “ຍັນຍະແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ” ນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

यज्वभिःby the sacrificers (priests/performers of sacrifice)

विधिनाaccording to rule; by proper rite

आहूतौhaving been invoked/called

मखेin the sacrifice

देवौthe two gods

इवlike; as if

अश्विनौthe two Aśvins

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Aśvinau (the Aśvin twins)

makha (sacrifice/ritual)

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 casts warfare under the metaphor of a sacrifice: actions should be governed by vidhi (right order) and dharma (duty), and the presence of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna is portrayed as divinely sanctioned—like deities arriving when properly invoked—implying disciplined, purposeful action rather than uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna entering the battlefield and likens their arrival to the Aśvin twins appearing at a yajña when summoned by ritual specialists, elevating their participation and framing the battle as a solemn, quasi-ritual event.