Shloka 11

कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat

Devanagari script

प्रतिलभ्य तत: संज्ञां योधास्ते कुरुसत्तम

Transliteration

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ yodhās te kurusattama

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ കുരുസത്തമാ, ആ യോദ്ധാക്കൾ വീണ്ടും ബോധം പ്രാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained/obtained
• प्रतिलभ्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिलभ् (धातु: लभ्) / प्रतिलभ्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा (ल्यप्), कर्तरि, absolutive (gerund)

• ततः: then/thereupon; from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: true

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness; awareness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those/they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुसत्तम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: kurusattama)
• warriors (yodhāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in extreme conflict, a person may fall into shock or lose awareness, yet recovery is possible; the verse highlights resilience and the return of presence of mind, a prerequisite for responsible action in dharmic reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warriors, after a lapse of consciousness (likely due to wounds, fear, or battlefield shock), regain their senses and re-enter the flow of battle events.