Shloka 109

Devanagari script

सव्यं चक्र महीग्रस्तं दृष्टवा दैवादिदं मम । पार्थ कापुरुषाचीर्णमभिसंधिं विसर्जय,'पार्थ! दैवयोगसे मेरे इस बायें पहियेको धरतीमें फँसा हुआ देखकर तुम कापुरुषोचित कपटपूर्ण बर्तावका परित्याग करो

Transliteration

savyaṃ cakraṃ mahīgrastaṃ dṛṣṭvā daivād idaṃ mama | pārtha kāpuruṣācīrṇam abhisandhiṃ visarjaya ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ປາຣຖະ, ເຫັນລໍ້ຊ້າຍຂອງຂ້າຈົມຕິດໃນດິນ ໂດຍອຳນາດແຫ່ງຊະຕາ, ຈົ່ງລະທິ້ງກົນລະຍຸດອັນຂີ້ຂະຍາດ ແລະຫຼອກລວງນີ້. ຈົ່ງກະທຳຢ່າງເປີດເຜີຍ ດັ່ງທີ່ຄວນແກ່ນັກຮົບ, ຢ່າໃຊ້ໂອກາດຈາກເຫດຮ້າຍນີ້».

Word by Word

सव्यम्left (side)

चक्रम्wheel

महीग्रस्तम्swallowed/engulfed by the earth (stuck in the ground)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

दैवात्by fate; from destiny

इदम्this

ममof me; my

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

कापुरुषाचीर्णम्practised by a coward; cowardly

अभिसन्धिम्plot; deceitful intent; stratagem

विसर्जयabandon; give up; release

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Arjuna)

left wheel of the chariot

earth (mahī)

fate/divine dispensation (daiva)

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 frames a battlefield ethic: do not exploit an opponent’s misfortune caused by fate; abandoning deceitful advantage is presented as the honorable, kṣatriya-appropriate course.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of combat, a chariot’s left wheel is seen stuck in the earth due to destiny; the speaker addresses Pārtha (Arjuna), urging him to give up any cowardly, deceptive plan and fight straightforwardly.