Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ततः कपिध्वजो राजन्‌ हत्वा संशप्तकान्‌ रणे । अभ्यद्रवत तां सेनां कौरवीं पाण्डुनन्दन:,नरेश्वर! तदनन्तर पाण्डुनन्दन कपिध्वज अर्जुनने भी संशप्तकोंका संहार करके रणभूमिमें उस कौरवसेनापर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tataḥ kapidhvajo rājan hatvā saṁśaptakān raṇe | abhyadravat tāṁ senāṁ kauravīṁ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Rồi, tâu đại vương, con trai của Pāṇḍu—Arjuna, người mang cờ hiệu Hanumān—sau khi đã giết sạch đội Saṁśaptaka trong chiến địa, liền xông thẳng vào đạo quân Kaurava ấy.”

Word by Word

ततःthereafter

कपिध्वजःthe one whose banner bears a monkey (Arjuna)

राजन्O king

हत्वाhaving slain

संशप्तकान्the Saṁśaptakas (a warrior band)

रणेin battle

अभ्यद्रवत्rushed/charged towards

ताम्that

सेनाम्army

कौरवीम्Kaurava (belonging to the Kurus)

पाण्डुनन्दनःson of Pāṇḍu

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Arjuna

Hanumān (as banner emblem)

Saṁśaptakas

Kaurava army

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in one’s appointed duty (kṣatriya-dharma): after completing a difficult task—defeating vow-bound opponents—Arjuna does not lapse into pride or hesitation but proceeds directly to the next necessary action in the larger struggle.

What is happening in the narrative?

After killing the Saṁśaptakas on the battlefield, Arjuna (Kapidhvaja) immediately charges into the main Kaurava formation, intensifying the battle as Sañjaya reports the events to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.