Shloka 15

Devanagari script

युद्धेनाराधित: स्थाणुर्देवाश्न॒ वरदास्तव । तस्य पार्थ प्रसादेन देवदेवस्थ शूलिन:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yuddhenārādhitaḥ sthāṇur devāś ca varadās tava | tasya pārtha prasādena devadevastha śūlinaḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ด้วยการศึก ท่านได้บูชาสถานุ (พระศิวะ) จนได้รับพระกรุณา และเหล่าเทพก็ประทานพรแก่ท่านด้วย ดังนั้น โอ้ปารถะ ด้วยพระเมตตาแห่งเทพเหนือเทพ ผู้ทรงศูล จงประหารกรรณะเสีย ดุจอินทร์ผู้พิฆาตวฤตระได้สังหารนมุจิ ขอสิริมงคลจงมีแก่ท่านเสมอ และจงได้ชัยชนะในสงครามนี้”

Word by Word

• युद्धेन: by battle/through fighting
• युद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आराधितः: worshipped/propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आराधित (√राध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थाणुः: Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• वरदाः: granting boons
• वरदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that (Śiva)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसादेन: by grace/favor
• प्रसादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवदेवस्थ: O one abiding in/being the god of gods (epithet of Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेवस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Śiva (Sthāṇu, Śūlin, Devadeva)
• the Devas (gods)
• Karṇa
• Indra
• Vṛtra
• Namuci
• Triśūla (trident)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True martial success is framed as dharma-guided effort supported by earned divine favor: Arjuna’s capacity to defeat Karṇa is grounded not only in skill but in Śiva’s grace, obtained through steadfast trial and devotion expressed even amid battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya encourages Arjuna, reminding him that he has already propitiated Śiva (Sthāṇu/Śūlin) through combat and received boons from the gods; therefore, empowered by that grace, he should kill Karṇa, likened to Indra’s slaying of Namuci (and evoking Indra’s Vṛtra-slaying epithet).