Shloka 10
Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)
वेदश्रुति महापुण्ये ब्रह्म॒ण्ये जातवेदसि । जम्बूकटकचैत्येषु नित्यं सन्निहितालये
arjuna uvāca | vedaśruti mahāpuṇye brahmaṇye jātavedasi | jambūkaṭakacaityeṣu nityaṁ sannihitālaye ||
वेदश्रुति महापुण्ये ब्रह्मण्ये जातवेदसि । जम्बूकटकचैत्येषु नित्यं सन्निहितालये ॥ त्वं वेदानां श्रुतिरूपा, महापुण्या, ब्रह्मण्ये ब्राह्मणप्रियाऽसि। त्वमेव जातवेदसोऽग्नेः शक्तिः, यज्ञवाहिनी। जम्बू-कटक-चैत्येषु पवित्रेषु स्थानेषु तव नित्यं सन्निधिरालयश्च।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames sacred power as grounded in śruti (Vedic revelation) and purity, honoring Agni/Jātavedas as the ritual and ethical mediator who supports dharma by sustaining Vedic rites and reverence for Brahmins.
Arjuna offers a formal praise-invocation, addressing a sacred, fire-associated presence (Jātavedas/Agni) and describing its holiness and perpetual presence at named sacred locales, as part of a devotional or ritualized address within the Bhīṣma Parva context.