Shloka 108

Devanagari script

भो भो: पार्थ महेष्वास मुहूर्त परिपालय । यावच्चक्रमिदं ग्रस्तमुद्धरामि महीतलात्‌,“महाधनुर्धर कुन्तीकुमार! दो घड़ी प्रतीक्षा करो, जिससे मैं इस फँसे हुए पहियेको पृथ्वीतलसे निकाल लूँ

Transliteration

bho bhoḥ pārtha maheṣvāsa muhūrta paripālaya | yāvac cakram idaṃ grastam uddharāmi mahītalāt ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О Партха, могучий лучник, подожди мгновение — пока я не вытащу из земли это колесо, ныне увязшее и схваченное почвой».

Word by Word

भोO! (vocative particle)

भोO! (repetition for emphasis)

पार्थO Partha (son of Pritha)

महेष्वासO great archer (lit. one having a great bow)

मुहूर्तम्for a moment

परिपालयwait / hold back / restrain (yourself)

यावत्until / as long as

चक्रम्wheel

इदम्this

ग्रस्तम्stuck / seized / swallowed (i.e., sunk in)

उद्धरामिI lift out / I extract

महीतलात्from the surface of the earth / from the ground

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Arjuna)

cakra (chariot wheel)

mahītala (ground/earth)

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 foregrounds the battlefield ethic of restraint: even amid lethal conflict, a request for a brief pause due to disadvantage (a chariot wheel trapped in the earth) invokes the ideal of fair combat and tests adherence to dharma over opportunistic victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Karṇa Parva battle, a chariot wheel becomes stuck in the ground. Addressing Arjuna as “Pārtha, mighty archer,” the speaker urges him to wait momentarily while the wheel is pulled free, creating a tense moment where mercy and rules of war confront strategic advantage.