Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्रतपन्तं श्रिया जुष्टं वर्तमानं च बन्धुषु

Transliteration

pratapantaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ vartamānaṃ ca bandhuṣu

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—(അവൻ) പരാക്രമത്തിൽ ജ്വലിച്ചു, ശ്രിയാൽ അനുഗ്രഹിതനായി, ബന്ധുക്കളുടെ ഇടയിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• प्रतपन्तम्: shining, blazing (one who is resplendent)
• प्रतपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतप् (धातु) → प्रतपन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रिया: with splendor/fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• जुष्टम्: favored, attended, endowed
• जुष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुष्ट (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्तमानम्: abiding, being present, existing
• वर्तमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) → वर्तमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• बन्धुषु: among (his) kinsmen/relatives
• बन्धुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights an idealized royal condition: true eminence is shown through visible prowess (pratāpa) and the presence of Śrī (legitimate prosperity), situated within one’s social and familial sphere—implying that power and fortune are meaningful when exercised among and for one’s own people, under the constraints of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a prominent figure in the war narrative as radiant with might and blessed by fortune, seen moving among his relatives/kinsmen—an observational portrait that sets the tone for the surrounding action and the figure’s standing within his own side.