Shloka 44

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठ मा शुच: पुत्र नैव विष्णुस्त्वया जित: । अजेय: पुरुषैरेष तथा देवै: सवासवै:,“बेटा बभ्रुवाहन! उठो, शोक न करो! ये अर्जुन तुम्हारे द्वारा परास्त नहीं हुए हैं। ये तो सभी मनुष्यों और इन्द्रसहित सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके लिये भी अजेय हैं

Transliteration

uttiṣṭha mā śucaḥ putra naiva viṣṇus tvayā jitaḥ | ajeyaḥ puruṣair eṣa tathā devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ବତ୍ସ, ଉଠ; ଶୋକ କରନି। ତୁମେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କୁ ଜିତିନାହଁ। ଏହି ବୀର ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ତ ନୁହେଁ, ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରସହ ସମସ୍ତ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଜେୟ।

Word by Word

उत्तिष्ठrise, stand up

माdo not (prohibitive particle)

शुचःgrieve, sorrow

पुत्रO son

नnot

एवindeed, certainly

विष्णुःVishnu (here: Arjuna as Vishnu-like)

त्वयाby you

जितःconquered/defeated

अजेयःunconquerable

पुरुषैःby men, by humans

एषःthis one (he)

तथाso, likewise, also

देवैःby the gods

सवासवैःtogether with the Vasus/with Indra (Āsava/Āsava-sahita sense)

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Babhruvāhana

Viṣṇu

Arjuna

Devas

Vāsava (Indra)

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?

Do not fall into pride or despair based on apparent victory or defeat; some outcomes are shaped by divine order, and true strength includes humility and steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Babhruvāhana’s encounter with Arjuna during the Aśvamedha episode, the narrator consoles him: Arjuna was not truly ‘conquered’ by him, for Arjuna is portrayed as divinely protected and essentially unconquerable—even by the gods with Indra.