Shloka 4

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

कुरुध्व॑ सर्वकार्याणि महद्‌ वो भयमागतम्‌ । एष योत्स्यामि सर्वास्तु निवार्य शरवागुराम्‌

Transliteration

kuru dhvaṁ sarvakāryāṇi mahad vo bhayam āgatam | eṣa yotsyāmi sarvāstu nivārya śaravāgurām ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“你们速速办妥一切要紧之事；大祸已临于你们。看吧——我已挡住并冲破你们的箭网，如今我已立定，准备与诸位尽战。”

Word by Word

• कुरुध्वम्: do (you all), accomplish
• कुरुध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वकार्याणि: all tasks/works
• सर्वकार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, genitive, plural

• भयम्: fear, danger
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आगतम्: has come, has arrived
• आगतम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) / आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative, singular

• एषः: this (one), here
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• योत्स्यामि: I will fight
• योत्स्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 1, singular, आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निवार्य: having checked/warded off
• निवार्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वार् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), —, —

• शरवागुराम्: the dense mass/array of arrows
• शरवागुराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवागुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• arrows (śara)
• arrow-net (śaravāgurā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethic of meeting danger directly: when a grave threat arrives, one should act decisively, complete urgent duties, and face conflict with steadiness and readiness rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

A warrior issues a warning to opponents: they should finish their preparations because a major peril has arrived. He declares that he will break through their defensive ‘net’ of arrows and engage them all in battle.