Shloka 23

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

क्षिप्रमुत्ततकालानि कुरु कार्याणि भारत | उपायातमुपप्लव्यं सह गाण्डीवधन्चना

Transliteration

kṣipram uttatakālāni kuru kāryāṇi bhārata | upāyātam upaplavyam saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

Translation

Ваю сказал: «О Бхарата, действуй быстро и немедля исполни то, что должно быть сделано. Арджуна, владыка лука Гандивы, прибыл — готов вступить в сечу».

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• उत्ततकालानि: urgent/time-critical
• उत्ततकालानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्ततकाल
• Form: Neuter, accusative, plural

• कुरु: do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, singular (Parasmaipada)

• कार्याणि: tasks, duties
• कार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative, plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• उपायातम्: arrived, come near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• उपप्लव्यम्: to Upaplavya (place-name)
• उपप्लव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: Avyaya (preposition/adverb)

• गाण्डीवधन्वना: with the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीवधन्वना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Bhārata (addressee, a Kuru descendant)
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna’s bow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges prompt, decisive performance of one’s necessary duty when the moment has arrived—especially in a crisis where hesitation can undermine righteous purpose and collective safety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses a Kuru hero (“Bhārata”), pressing him to act immediately, noting that Arjuna—identified by his famed bow Gāṇḍīva—has arrived and is ready to be deployed in the unfolding battle situation.