Shloka 23

Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma

Engagement and Countermeasures

Devanagari script

ततः प्रणिहितो ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते शुभलक्षणे । आत्मानमर्जुनो5पश्यद्‌ गगने सहकेशवम्‌,तब शुभ लक्षणोंसे युक्त ब्राह्म मुहूर्तमें ध्यानस्थ होनेपर अर्जुनने अपने-आपको भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके साथ आकाशमें जाते देखा

Transliteration

tataḥ praṇihito brāhme muhūrte śubhalakṣaṇe | ātmānam arjuno 'paśyad gagane saha-keśavam ||

Translation

తర్వాత శుభలక్షణాలతో కూడిన బ్రాహ్మముహూర్తంలో ధ్యానస్థుడై అర్జునుడు తనను తాను కేశవుడు (శ్రీకృష్ణుడు)తో కలిసి ఆకాశంలో ప్రయాణిస్తున్నట్లు దర్శించాడు.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• प्रणिहितः: having been fixed/intent (in meditation)
• प्रणिहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नि-धा (धातु) → प्रणिहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ब्राह्मे: in the Brahma (sacred) [time]
• ब्राह्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मुहूर्ते: at the muhurta (time-period)
• मुहूर्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• शुभलक्षणे: in the auspiciously-marked (time)
• शुभलक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• गगने: in the sky
• गगने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• केशवम्: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Brahma-muhūrta
• Sky (gagana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-spiritual principle that disciplined inner attention (especially at a sanctified time like Brahma-muhūrta) can yield clarity and assurance; Kṛṣṇa’s companionship symbolizes righteous guidance sustaining the warrior’s mind amid the chaos of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, absorbed in meditation at the auspicious pre-dawn hour, experiences a vision in which he sees himself traveling through the sky together with Keśava (Kṛṣṇa).