Shloka 2

Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange

Book 7, Chapter 132

Devanagari script

स रथस्तव पुत्रस्य त्वरया परया युत:

Transliteration

sa rathas tava putrasya tvarayā parayā yutaḥ

Translation

स रथस्तव पुत्रस्य त्वरया परया युतः । द्रोणस्याभिमुखोऽगच्छत् शीघ्रवेगसमन्वितः ॥

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्वरया: with haste/quickly
• त्वरया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: supreme/very great
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युतः: joined with/endowed with
• युतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• your son (Duryodhana, implied)
• chariot

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, urgency and momentum become decisive forces; ethically, it hints at the peril of being driven by haste in a conflict already burdened with adharma and tragic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the chariot associated with his son is moving forward with extreme speed, signaling rapid maneuvering amid the battle’s unfolding events.