Shloka 13

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि

Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs

Devanagari script

युद्धायापततस्तूर्ण वारितान्‌ सव्यसाचिना । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृत॑ द्वापरं न च

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yuddhāyāpatatas tūrṇaṁ vāritān savyasācinā | na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Когда ты увидишь, как тех, кто стремительно рвётся в битву, тотчас останавливает Савьясачин (Арджуна), ты застынешь, поражённый; в тот миг тебе не придут на ум ни век Трета, ни век Крита (Сатья), ни даже Двапара.»

Word by Word

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• आपततः: of those rushing/attacking
• आपततः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (धातु: आपत्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तूर्णम्: quickly, at once
• तूर्णम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• वारितान्: restrained, checked
• वारितान्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारित (धातु: वार्/वृ ‘to restrain’)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु: भू)
• Form: Periphrastic Future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular

• त्रेता: Tretā(-yuga)
• त्रेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कृतम्: Kṛta(-yuga)
• कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वापरम्: Dvāpara(-yuga)
• द्वापरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• Yuddha (battle/war)
• Tretā-yuga
• Kṛta-yuga (Satya-yuga)
• Dvāpara-yuga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how overwhelming martial excellence can shatter ordinary moral and temporal frameworks: in the shock of seeing Arjuna halt the onrushing fighters, the mind loses its usual bearings—even the familiar categories of the yugas (Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara) fail to arise. It underscores the psychological force of dharma-conflict when power and fate converge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya foretells to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that when the Kaurava side advances eagerly toward war and Arjuna immediately checks their momentum, Dhṛtarāṣṭra will be left stunned and disoriented, unable to think clearly even in terms of the traditional cosmic ages.