Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यच्चापि ते भयं तीव्र न च कीर्तयसे क्वचित्‌ । तच्चाप्यपहरिष्यामि धनंजय इतो गते

Transliteration

yaccāpi te bhayaṃ tīvraṃ na ca kīrtayase kvacit | taccāpyapahariṣyāmi dhanaṃjaya ito gate

Translation

आणि तुझ्या मनात जो तीव्र भय आहे, ज्याचा तू कुठेही उल्लेख करत नाहीस—धनंजय इथून निघून गेल्यावर मीही तो भय दूर करीन.

Word by Word

यत्which/that (thing)

चand

अपिalso/even

तेof you/your

भयम्fear

तीव्रम्intense

नnot

चand

कीर्तयसेyou mention/declare

क्वचित्anywhere/ever

तत्that (thing)

चand

अपिalso/even

अपहरिष्यामिI will remove/take away

धनंजयO Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

इतस्from here/hence

गतेwhen (you) have gone

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a ruler’s or protector’s responsibility to address unspoken distress: even fears that a person cannot bring themselves to articulate should be recognized and removed through timely support and right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya speaks to someone who harbors a severe, unexpressed fear. He promises that once Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna) has left, he will also dispel that fear—indicating a plan to resolve the cause of anxiety after Arjuna’s departure.