Shloka 6

अर्जुनस्य दिग्विजयारम्भः — Arjuna Initiates the Northern Campaign and Secures Bhagadattta’s Tribute

Devanagari script

अवमुच्य किरीटं स केशान्‌ समनुगृहा[ च । उदतिष्ठज्जरासंधो वेलातिग इवार्णव:

Transliteration

avamucya kirīṭaṃ sa keśān samanugṛhya ca | udatiṣṭhaj jarāsandho velātiga ivārṇavaḥ ||

Translation

अवमुच्य किरीटं स केशान् समनुगृह्य च । उदतिष्ठज्जरासन्धो वेलातिग इवार्णवः ॥

Word by Word

• अवमुच्य: having removed/taken off
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√मुच्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive)

• किरीटम्: crown/diadem
• किरीटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• केशान्: hair
• केशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समनुगृह्य: having firmly gathered/secured
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु√ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उदतिष्ठत्: stood up/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√स्था
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), Third, Singular, परस्मैपद, कर्तरि

• जरासन्धः: Jarasandha
• जरासन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेलातिगः: one who oversteps the shore/limit
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेला-अतिग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अर्णवः: ocean
• अर्णवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jarāsandha
• crown (kirīṭa)
• hair (keśa)
• ocean (ārṇava)
• shore/limit (velā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The simile of the ocean crossing its shore suggests that martial energy and ambition, if unchecked, can transgress proper limits; dharma requires restraint even amid kṣatriya valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jarāsandha, preparing for combat, removes his crown and tightens his hair, then rises ready to fight, compared to a vast ocean swelling as though to overrun its boundary.