Shloka 111

Devanagari script

विशिष्टतरमेव त्वं कर्तुमहसि पाण्डव । “कुन्तीनन्दन! जिस मार्गपर कायर चला करते हैं

Transliteration

viśiṣṭataram eva tvaṁ kartum arhasi pāṇḍava | prākīrṇakeśe vimukhe brāhmaṇe ’tha kṛtāñjalau ||

Translation

โอ้ ปาณฑวะ! เจ้าควรกระทำสิ่งที่ยิ่งกว่านี้ให้สมกับเกียรติ

Word by Word

• विशिष्टतरम्: more excellent (thing)
• विशिष्टतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट (वि+शिष्, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do/to make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रकीर्णकेशे: in/at (one) with dishevelled hair
• प्रकीर्णकेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकीर्णकेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विमुखे: in/at (one) turned away
• विमुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणे: in/at the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अथ: then/and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कृताञ्जलौ: in/at (one) with hands joined (in reverence)
• कृताञ्जलौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताञ्जलि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (son/descendant of Pāṇḍu)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Pāṇḍu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A warrior famed for valor should not adopt the conduct of the timid; dharma in battle demands steadfast courage and striving for higher excellence, especially when one’s reputation and duty as a kṣatriya are at stake.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates an exhortation addressed to a Pāṇḍava to act with exceptional bravery rather than retreat like a coward; immediately afterward, attention shifts to a distressed brāhmaṇa with disheveled hair and folded hands, signaling an impending plea that intersects with the ongoing war context.