Shloka 42

Devanagari script

समानो हासि भीष्मेण द्रोणद्रौणिकृपेण च । सव्यसाचिनमायान्तं निवारय महारणे,“तुम भीष्म, द्रोण, अश्वत्थामा तथा कृपाचार्यके समान पराक्रमी हो, अतः इस महासमरमें आक्रमण करते हुए सव्यसाची अर्जुनको रोको

Transliteration

samāno hāsi bhīṣmeṇa droṇadrauṇikṛpeṇa ca | savyasācinam āyāntaṁ nivāraya mahāraṇe ||

Translation

Арджуна сказал: «Ты равен в доблести Бхишме, Дроне, сыну Дроны (Ашваттхаме) и Крипе. Потому в этой великой битве удержи Савьясачи Арджуну, когда он идёт в наступление».

Word by Word

समानःequal (in valor)

हासिyou are

भीष्मेणwith Bhishma / to Bhishma's measure

द्रोणwith Drona

द्रौणिwith Droni (Ashvatthaman)

कृपेणwith Kripa

चand

सव्यसाचिनम्Savyasacin (Arjuna)

आयान्तम्coming, advancing

निवारयward off, restrain, stop

महा-रणेin the great battle

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Savyasācī)

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Mahāraṇa (great battle; Kurukṣetra context)

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?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethic of measuring and meeting martial responsibility: a warrior is urged to act according to proven capability, standing as an equal to renowned champions and therefore taking on the duty of checking a formidable opponent in the larger cause of the battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Karṇa Parva fighting, Arjuna is portrayed as advancing aggressively. The speaker addresses a warrior on the opposing side, asserting that he matches the legendary fighters Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Aśvatthāmā, and Kṛpa, and commands him to stop Arjuna’s onrush in the great battle.