Shloka 4

Chapter 14: Divyāstra-Prayoga and Ṛṣi Intervention (दिव्यास्त्रप्रयोगः ऋषिसमागमश्च)

Devanagari script

केशवेनैवमुक्तो5थ पाण्डव: परवीरहा । अवातरद्‌ रथात्‌ तूर्ण प्रगृह्ा सशरं धनु:

Transliteration

keśavenaitam ukto 'tha pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā | avatārad rathāt tūrṇaṃ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြော၏— ကေရှဝ (သီရိကృష్ణ) ထိုသို့ မိန့်ကြားသဖြင့် ရန်သူသူရဲတို့ကို သတ်ဖြတ်နိုင်သူ ပाण्डဝ အာర్జုနသည် မြန်မြန်ဆန်ဆန် ရထားမှ ဆင်း၍ မြားများနှင့်အတူ လေးကို ကိုင်ဆောင်ကာ စစ်၏ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော တာဝန်အတွင်း ကృష్ణ၏ အမိန့်အတိုင်း လုပ်ဆောင်ရန် အသင့်ဖြစ်လေ၏။

Word by Word

• केशवेन: by Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवीरहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवातरद्: descended
• अवातरद्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• प्रगृह्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• सशरम्: together with arrows
• सशरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• chariot (ratha)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined responsiveness to righteous guidance: Arjuna, upon Kṛṣṇa’s words, immediately prepares for necessary action. Ethically, it underscores that in a crisis of war, duty is carried out with alertness and restraint under wise counsel rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) speaks, Arjuna—described as a destroyer of enemy champions—swiftly gets down from the chariot, bow in hand with arrows, indicating immediate readiness to proceed with the next step in the unfolding events of the Sauptika Parva.