Shloka 25

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

पानीयं याचित:ः पार्थ: सो<विध्यन्मेदिनीतलम्‌ । जलस्य धारां जनितां दृष्टवा पाण्डुसुतेन च

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ yācitaḥ pārthaḥ so ’vidhyan medinī-talam | jalasya dhārāṃ janitāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍu-sutena ca ||

Translation

ທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອຖືກຂໍນ້ຳ ພາຣຖະ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ໄດ້ຟັນ/ຍິງທະນູທະລຸຜິວໜ້າແຜ່ນດິນ. ແລະເມື່ອລູກຂອງປານດຸເຫັນສາຍນ້ຳທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນ ເຫດການນັ້ນກໍເປີດເຜີຍຄວາມສະຫຼາດແລະຄວາມແນ່ວແນ່ຂອງລາວ—ຕອບຮັບຄຳຂໍໂດຍບໍ່ລັງເລ ແຕ່ກໍເປັນການກະທຳທີ່ສະແດງອຳນາດເໜືອທຳມະຊາດກາງສະໜາມຮົບ.»

Word by Word

• पानीयम्: water (to drink)
• पानीयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• याचितः: having been asked/requested
• याचितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अविध्यत्: pierced, struck through
• अविध्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मेदिनीतलम्: the surface of the earth
• मेदिनीतलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनीतल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जलस्य: of water
• जलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धाराम्: a stream, flow
• धाराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जनिताम्: produced, generated
• जनिताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• पाण्डुसुतेन: by the son of Pandu (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुसुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुसुत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍu
• Earth/ground (medinī-tala)
• Water (pānīya/jala)
• Stream (dhārā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the violence of war, a warrior’s excellence is not only in destruction but also in timely aid and responsiveness; power is ethically tested by how it is used to meet needs, not merely to defeat enemies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Someone asks for drinking water; Arjuna (Pārtha), responding immediately, strikes the earth and causes a stream of water to arise, which the son of Pāṇḍu then sees—an instance highlighting extraordinary capability amid battlefield conditions.