Shloka 25

Gaṅgādvāra-tīrtha, Ulūpī-saṃvāda, and Arjuna’s Dharma-Deliberation (गङ्गाद्वार-तीर्थम्, उलूपी-संवादः)

Devanagari script

॥४ जी हक प्लक््ज्जा है ही न््ज बल नस गा. कर 8 8 प * | .] ॥ 0 | 0 ्ू-॑ ५ | (लक । /] # | 0 5 नि | श' रे >.9 हह +-+। नी ना - 88808 | 8 न च वो वसतत्तत्र कश्चिच्छक्त: प्रबाधितुम्‌ संरक्ष्यमाणान्‌ पार्थेन त्रिदशानिव वज्चिणा

Transliteration

na ca vo vasat tatra kaścid śaktaḥ prabādhitum | saṃrakṣyamāṇān pārthena tridaśān iva vajriṇā ||

Translation

และเมื่อพวกเจ้าพำนักอยู่ที่นั่น ก็จะไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถรังควานหรือข่มเหงได้ เพราะมีปารถะ (อรชุน) คุ้มครองดุจเดียวกับที่พระอินทร์ผู้ทรงวัชระคุ้มครองเหล่าเทพ

Word by Word

नnot

चand

वःof you / your

वसतःyou (all) dwell / stay

तत्रthere

कश्चित्anyone / someone

शक्तःable

प्रबाधितुम्to harass / to oppress

संरक्ष्यमाणान्being protected

पार्थेनby Pārtha (Arjuna)

त्रिदशान्the gods

इवlike / as

वज्रिणाby the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)

Speaker

घतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Vajriṇ (Indra)

Tridaśa (the gods/devas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the ethical ideal of protective guardianship: when the righteous and capable stand as protectors, the vulnerable can live without fear. It frames such protection as a dharmic duty and elevates it through a divine analogy—Arjuna’s guardianship is likened to Indra’s safeguarding of the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reassures a group (addressed as 'you all') that in the place where they will reside, no one will be able to trouble them, because Arjuna will be guarding them—just as Indra, armed with the thunderbolt, protects the gods.