Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मुक्ता वीरक्षयादस्मात्‌ संग्रामाललोमहर्षणात्‌ । क्षिप्रमुत्ततकालानि कुरु कार्याणि पाण्डव,“आप सब लोग वीरोंका विनाश करनेवाले इस रोमांचकारी संग्रामसे मुक्त हो गये। पाण्डुनन्दन! अब आगे जो कार्य करने हैं, उन्हें शीघ्र पूर्ण कीजिये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

muktā vīrakṣayād asmāt saṅgrāmāl loma-harṣaṇāt |

kṣipram uttatakālāni kuru kāryāṇi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—“वीरांचा संहार करणाऱ्या या अंगावर शहारे आणणाऱ्या संग्रामातून तुम्ही मुक्त झाला आहात. पांडुनंदना, आता पुढील कार्ये शीघ्र पूर्ण करा.”

Word by Word

मुक्ताःfreed, released

वीरक्षयात्from the destruction of heroes

अस्मात्from this

संग्रामात्from the battle

अलोमहर्षणात्from (that which is) hair-raising, thrilling

क्षिप्रम्quickly

उत्ततकालानिthose (tasks) whose time has come / timely, due

कुरुdo, perform

कार्याणिtasks, things to be done

पाण्डवO Pandava

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (son/descendant of Pāṇḍu)

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?

Even after surviving a terrifying and destructive conflict, one must promptly return to rightful responsibilities (kāryāṇi)—the ethical emphasis is on timely discharge of duty rather than lingering in the shock or exhilaration of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Pāṇḍava, noting that they have come out of a hair-raising battle marked by the fall of many heroes, and urges him to quickly carry out the necessary next actions in the unfolding situation.