Shloka 10

Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)

Devanagari script

वेदश्रुति महापुण्ये ब्रह्म॒ण्ये जातवेदसि । जम्बूकटकचैत्येषु नित्यं सन्निहितालये,तुम वेदोंकी श्रुति हो, तुम्हारा स्वरूप अत्यन्त पवित्र है; वेद और ब्राह्मण तुम्हें प्रिय हैं। तुम्हीं जातवेदा अग्निकी शक्ति हो; जम्बू, कटक और चैत्यवृक्षोंमें तुम्हारा नित्य निवास है

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | vedaśruti mahāpuṇye brahmaṇye jātavedasi | jambūkaṭakacaityeṣu nityaṁ sannihitālaye ||

Translation

Arjuna berkata: “Wahai jelmaan wahyu Veda, yang maha suci dan berbakti kepada Brahman serta para Brahmin; wahai Jātavedas, kuasa api yang mengetahui dan memikul segala persembahan—di tempat-tempat suci Jambū, Kaṭaka dan Caitya, Engkau sentiasa bersemayam, sentiasa hadir sebagai kediaman.”

Word by Word

वेदश्रुतिO (one who is) the Vedic revelation/tradition

महापुण्येO greatly meritorious/pure one

ब्रह्मण्येO one devoted/favorable to Brahmins and the Veda

जातवेदसिin/with Jātavedas (Agni)

जम्बूin the jambu-tree

कटकin the kaṭaka (tree/place called Kaṭaka)

चैत्येषुin the sacred shrines/holy trees (caitya-s)

नित्यम्always

सन्निहितालयेO one whose abode is ever present/near (ever-resident)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Jātavedas (Agni)

Veda/Śruti

Brahman

Brahmins

Jambū

Kaṭaka

Caitya

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?

The verse frames sacred power as grounded in śruti (Vedic revelation) and purity, honoring Agni/Jātavedas as the ritual and ethical mediator who supports dharma by sustaining Vedic rites and reverence for Brahmins.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna offers a formal praise-invocation, addressing a sacred, fire-associated presence (Jātavedas/Agni) and describing its holiness and perpetual presence at named sacred locales, as part of a devotional or ritualized address within the Bhīṣma Parva context.