Shloka 666

Devanagari script

वीरं गाण्डीवधन्वानमृते जिष्णुं कपिध्वजम्‌ | “गाण्डीवधारी वीर कपिध्वज अर्जुनको छोड़कर अन्य सभी नरेश अपने प्रहारोंद्वारा मुझे इतनी पीड़ा नहीं दे सकते”

Transliteration

vīraṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvān amṛte jiṣṇuṃ kapidhvajam | gāṇḍīvadhārī vīra kapidhvaja arjunaṃ chōḍakara anya sabhī nareśa apane prahāroṃdvārā mujhe itanī pīḍā nahīṃ de sakate |

Translation

ഗാണ്ഡീവധാരിയായ വീരൻ, കപിധ്വജൻ, അജേയവിജയിയായ അർജുനനെ ഒഴിച്ചാൽ മറ്റൊരു രാജാവിനും തന്റെ പ്രഹാരങ്ങളാൽ എനിക്ക് ഇത്ര പീഡ നൽകാൻ കഴിയില്ല.

Word by Word

• वीरम्: heroic (one)
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गाण्डीव-धन्वानम्: the bowman with the Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डीव-धन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्वन् (गाण्डीव-धन्वन्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋते: except, without
• ऋते: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• जिष्णुम्: the victorious one (Arjuna)
• जिष्णुम्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कपि-ध्वजम्: he whose banner bears a monkey (Arjuna)
• कपि-ध्वजम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज (कपि-ध्वज)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• Kapidhvaja (Arjuna’s banner with Hanumān)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and strategic reality that in dharmic warfare, disciplined skill and steadfast resolve concentrated in a single righteous champion can determine outcomes more than sheer numbers; Arjuna is portrayed as uniquely capable among kings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya emphasizes Arjuna’s exceptional power on the battlefield, stating that apart from Arjuna—identified by his Gāṇḍīva bow and Hanumān-banner—no other ruler can cause such intense suffering through their attacks.