Shloka 8
वज्रदत्तेन सह अर्जुनयुद्धम्
Arjuna’s engagement with Vajradatta during the Aśvamedha circuit
Devanagari script
ततः पार्थ समासाद्य पाण्डवानां महारथम् | आह्वयामास बीभत्सुं बाल्यान्मोहाच्च संयुगे
Transliteration
tataḥ pārtha samāsādya pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham | āhvayāmāsa bībhatsuṃ bālyān mohācca saṃyuge ||
Translation
随后，那国王走近帕尔塔——般度诸子中的大车战士——在兵刃交击之际，因孩童般的躁进与迷妄，向畏怖者（阿周那）发起了决战的挑战。
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय
पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थ:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
समासाद्यhaving approached
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद्
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), पूर्वकाल
पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas
पाण्डवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
महारथम्the great chariot-warrior
महारथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आह्वयामासchallenged, called out
आह्वयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√ह्वे (ह्वा)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
बीभत्सुम्Bibhatsu (Arjuna)
बीभत्सुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबीभत्सु
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
बाल्यात्from childishness
बाल्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
मोहात्from delusion
मोहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमोह
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Formअव्यय
संयुगेin battle
संयुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयुग
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
Pārtha (Arjuna)B
Bībhatsu (Arjuna)P
PāṇḍavasA
a king (unnamed in this verse)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that war can be instigated not only by policy or justice but also by childish pride and delusion; ethical restraint and clarity are implied as superior to impulsive provocation.
An unnamed king rides up to Arjuna (Pārtha/Bībhatsu), the foremost warrior among the Pāṇḍavas, and challenges him to fight, motivated by immaturity and confusion in the heat of battle.