Shloka 19

अयं स रथ आयाति श्वेताश्वः कृष्णसारथि: । निषघ्नन्नमित्रान्‌ समरे यं कर्ण परिपृच्छसि,“कर्ण! तुम जिसके विषयमें पूछ रहे थे, वही यह श्वेत घोड़ोंवाला रथ, जिसके सारथि श्रीकृष्ण हैं, समरांगणमें शत्रुओंका संहार करता हुआ इधर ही आ रहा है

ayaṁ sa ratha āyāti śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ | niṣaghnann amitrān samare yaṁ karṇa paripṛcchasi ||

«ໂອ ກັນນາ! ລົດຮົບນັ້ນແຫຼະກຳລັງມາ—ລົດທີ່ມີມ້າຂາວລາກ ແລະມີພຣະກຣິດສະນາເປັນສາລະຖີ. ນັ້ນແມ່ນລົດທີ່ເຈົ້າຖາມຫາ: ມັນກຳລັງຜ່ານສະໜາມຮົບ ຟັນຟາດສັດຕູໃນການປະທະ ແລະມາທາງນີ້».

अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःthat (very one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रथःchariot
रथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आयातिcomes, approaches
आयाति:
TypeVerb
Rootया (इ)
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
श्वेताश्वःhaving white horses / white-horsed
श्वेताश्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वेताश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णसारथिःwhose charioteer is Krishna
कृष्णसारथिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्णसारथि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निषघ्नन्slaying, striking down
निषघ्नन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-हन्
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अमित्रान्enemies
अमित्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यम्whom/which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कर्णO Karna
कर्ण:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
परिपृच्छसिyou ask about, you inquire
परिपृच्छसि:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-प्रच्छ्
FormPresent (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
K
Karna
K
Krishna
C
chariot (ratha)
W
white horses (śvetāśva)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical ideal of guided action in conflict: Arjuna’s chariot advances under Krishna’s charioteership, suggesting that martial power is most rightly exercised when directed by discerning counsel and aligned with dharma, even amid the violence of war.

Arjuna identifies for Karna the approaching chariot with white horses driven by Krishna—Arjuna’s own war-chariot—describing it as moving through the battlefield while striking down enemies, directly answering Karna’s inquiry about that formidable presence.