Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एतन्नारोचयदू राजन्‌ कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजय:

Transliteration

etannārocayadū rājan kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Raja, cadangan ini tidak berkenan pada Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), putera Kuntī.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अरोचयत्: did not approve / did not like
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes (ṇic)

• उ: indeed / surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Kunti's son
• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the King addressed as rājan)
• Arjuna (Dhanaṃjaya, Kuntīputra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights discernment and steadfastness: Arjuna does not accept what he judges improper or unworthy, reflecting the ethical demand in war to evaluate counsel against dharma and personal duty rather than yielding to convenience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna (Dhanaṃjaya), identified as Kuntī’s son, does not approve of a certain suggestion or course of action that has just been presented in the surrounding narrative.