Shloka 30

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

Devanagari script

सज्जीकुरु रथं क्षिप्रं यस्ते सांग्रामिको मतः । सायुथध: सपताकश्न शक्तीकनकयष्टिमान्‌

Transliteration

sajjīkuru rathaṁ kṣipraṁ yas te sāṅgrāmiko mataḥ | sāyudhāḥ sapatākāś ca śaktī-kanaka-yaṣṭimān ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Tâu Đại vương, hãy mau cho chuẩn bị chiến xa mà ngài cho là hợp dùng nơi trận mạc. Hãy trang bị đầy đủ binh khí, dựng cờ hiệu, đặt giáo (śakti) và gậy vàng—để ngài tiến bước cho xứng bậc chiến sĩ theo chính đạo.”

Word by Word

• सज्जीकुरु: prepare, make ready
• Type: Verb
• Root: सज्जी√कृ (सज्जीकरण)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• यः: which/that (who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• सांग्रामिकः: fit for battle, warlike
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांग्रामिक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मतः: considered, deemed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मन् (मत, past passive participle)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सायुधः: having weapons, armed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-आयुध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सपताकः: having a banner/flag
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पताक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शक्ती: with a spear/javelin (śakti-weapon)
• शक्ती: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• कनकयष्टिमान्: possessing a golden staff/pole
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनक-यष्टि-मन्त्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ratha (chariot)
• patākā (banner/standard)
• śakti (spear/javelin)
• kanaka-yaṣṭi (golden staff/rod)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined readiness and proper equipment in the performance of a ruler’s martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma): action should be prompt, orderly, and suited to one’s role, not careless or improvised.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing the king to quickly prepare a battle-worthy chariot, fully armed and marked with royal-military insignia (banner, spear, golden staff), indicating imminent movement toward a martial undertaking.