Shloka 206

Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)

Devanagari script

कृष्णार्जुनावेकरथौ दिव्यौ शड्खौ प्रदध्मतु: । फिर एक रथपर बैठे हुए श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनने अपने दिव्य शंख बजाये

Transliteration

kṛṣṇārjunāv ekarathau divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说：黑天与阿周那同乘一车，吹响了各自的天赐法螺。

Word by Word

• कृष्णार्जुनौ: Krishna and Arjuna
• कृष्णार्जुनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• एकरथौ: on one chariot / sharing one chariot
• एकरथौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• दिव्यौ: divine
• दिव्यौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• शङ्खौ: conches
• शङ्खौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• प्रदध्मतुः: blew (sounded)
• प्रदध्मतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• chariot (ratha)
• divine conches (śaṅkha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined readiness in a dharmic struggle: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna act in unity, and the sounding of divine conches symbolizes moral confidence, auspicious intent, and steadfastness before action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, seated together on one chariot at Kurukṣetra, blow their divine conches as a formal signal and proclamation at the outset of battle.