Shloka 473

Devanagari script

यादृशं ते कृतं पार्थ जयद्रथवध॑ प्रति । 'पार्थ! जयद्रथका वध करते समय युद्धमें तुमने जैसा पराक्रम किया था, वैसा तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कौन क्षत्रिय कर सकता है?

Transliteration

yādṛśaṃ te kṛtaṃ pārtha jayadrathavadhaṃ prati |

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Pārtha, ang kagitingang ipinamalas mo nang mapatay si Jayadratha—sinong ibang kṣatriya ang makagagawa ng gayong gawa, maliban sa iyo?”

Word by Word

• यादृशम्: such as, of what kind (as)
• यादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• जयद्रथवधम्: the slaying of Jayadratha
• जयद्रथवधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ-वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, with regard to
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति
• Form: true

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Jayadratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed as exceptional courage and steadfast execution of a vowed martial objective; it frames Arjuna’s act as a near-unmatched standard of heroic responsibility in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, recalls and praises Arjuna’s extraordinary feat during the episode of Jayadratha’s slaying, emphasizing that no other warrior could have matched that performance.