Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अहं तु यत्नमास्थाय त्वदर्थ त्यक्तजीवित: । एष गच्छामि संग्रामं त्वत्कृते कुरुनन्दन

Transliteration

ahaṁ tu yatnam āsthāya tvadarthaṁ tyaktajīvitaḥ | eṣa gacchāmi saṅgrāmaṁ tvatkṛte kurunandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Adapun aku, setelah mengerahkan segala upaya dan menganggap nyawaku telah pun kuserahkan demi tuanku, kini aku pergi ke medan perang—kerana tuanku, wahai kebanggaan kaum Kuru.”

Word by Word

अहम्I

तुbut/indeed

यत्नम्effort

आस्थायhaving undertaken/resorted to

त्वदर्थम्for your sake

त्यक्तजीवितःone who has abandoned life (ready to die)

एषःthis (I)

गच्छामिI go

संग्रामम्to battle

त्वत्कृतेfor your sake/because of you

कुरुनन्दनO delight of the Kurus

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kurunandana (a Kuru prince addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethic of committed service: a person declares unwavering resolve and willingness to risk life for the one to whom he is bound by duty and loyalty. It highlights how devotion to a cause or leader can demand total self-offering, raising implicit questions about righteous purpose (dharma) behind such sacrifice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a declaration of resolve: the speaker states he has undertaken strenuous effort and, for the addressee’s sake, treats his own life as expendable, proceeding into battle specifically on that person’s account, addressing him as “Kurunandana.”