Shloka 14
Devanagari script
स त्वं पुरुषशार्टूल पौरुषेण समास्थित: । क्षत्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य प्रत्युद्याहि धनंजयम्
Transliteration
sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārṭūla pauruṣeṇa samāsthitaḥ | kṣatradharma-puraskṛtya pratyudyāhi dhanañjayam ||
Translation
پس اے مردوں کے شیر! اپنے عزمِ مردانہ پر قائم رہو، اور کشتریہ دھرم کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر دھننجے (ارجن) کے مقابلے کے لیے آگے بڑھو۔
Word by Word
सःhe/that (you)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषशार्दूलO tiger among men
पुरुषशार्दूल:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषशार्दूल
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पौरुषेणby manly valor
पौरुषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
समास्थितःhaving taken a stand / firmly resolved
समास्थितः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-स्था (स्था)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
क्षत्रधर्मम्the duty of a kshatriya
क्षत्रधर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुरस्कृत्यhaving put in front / keeping foremost
पुरस्कृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपुरस्-√कृ (कृ)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund/absolutive)
प्रत्युद्याहिgo forth to meet / advance against
प्रत्युद्याहि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-उद्-√या (या)
FormImperative (लोट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
धनंजयम्Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
धनंजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootधनंजय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaD
Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)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
The verse urges steadfastness and ethical clarity in crisis: a warrior should act with courage while keeping kṣatriya-dharma—duty, honor, and responsibility in battle—as the foremost guiding principle.
Sanjaya, narrating events of the Kurukṣetra war, delivers an exhortation to a leading fighter to remain resolute and to confront Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) directly, framing the coming clash as an obligation of warrior-duty.