Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 2
Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas
Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode
जाम्बूनदमयी वेदी ध्वजे यस्य प्रदृश्यते । तस्य दक्षिणतो याहि कृप: शारद्धतो यत:,“उत्तर जिसकी ध्वजापर सोनेकी वेदीका चिह्न दिखायी देता है, उस रथके दाहिने होकर चलो। उधर ही शरद्वानके पुत्र कृपाचार्य हैं!
jāmbūnadamayī vedī dhvaje yasya pradṛśyate | tasya dakṣiṇato yāhi kṛpaḥ śāraddhato yataḥ ||
“Uttara! Hãy đi về phía bên phải của cỗ xe có lá cờ mang dấu hiệu một bàn tế bằng vàng. Về hướng ấy là Kṛpa, con trai của Śaradvat.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights practical discernment in a tense setting: recognizing persons and positions through distinctive signs (a banner emblem) and moving with tactical awareness (keeping to the right), while acknowledging respected elders like Kṛpa.
A narrator’s report gives directions to approach a particular chariot identified by a banner bearing a golden-altar emblem, indicating that Kṛpa—Śaradvat’s son—is located on that side/direction.