Shloka 393

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा च भैरवं नादमुपेयास्त्वं जवेन माम्‌ | “पाज्चजन्य शंखका ऋषभ स्वरसे बजाया हुआ शब्द और भयंकर कोलाहल सुनते ही तुम बड़े वेगसे मेरे पास पहुँच जाना

Transliteration

śrutvā ca bhairavaṃ nādam upeyāstvam javena mām |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ— “ଭୟଙ୍କର ନାଦ ଶୁଣିବାମାତ୍ରେ ତୁମେ ମହାବେଗରେ ମୋ ପାଖକୁ ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚ।”

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भैरवम्: terrible, dreadful
• भैरवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नादम्: sound, roar
• नादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपेयाः: you should come/approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative) / periphrastic with past passive participle sense, Second, Singular, कर्तरि

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• जवेन: with speed
• जवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a crisis, ethical and effective action depends on alertness, disciplined obedience to agreed signals, and swift coordination; delay amid confusion can magnify destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction: upon hearing a fearsome sound/roar, the addressed person is to rush immediately to Sañjaya, indicating a prearranged cue amid battlefield tumult.