Shloka 13

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

रथैरश्ववरैर्युक्ता: किड॒किणीजालसंवृतै: । आज म्मुरथ रक्षन्त: कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

rathair aśvavarair yuktāḥ kiḍakiṇījālasaṃvṛtaiḥ | ājagmur ratha-rakṣantaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：他们驾着配有良驹的战车而来，车上覆以细密的小铃网，叮当作响；他们赶到那里，为护卫昆蒂之子、坚战王（Yudhiṣṭhira）。

Word by Word

• रथैः: by/with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्ववरैः: by/with excellent horses
• अश्ववरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्ववर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युक्ताः: yoked/attached
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किङ्किणीजालसंवृतैः: covered with a net of small bells
• किङ्किणीजालसंवृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किङ्किणीजालसंवृत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आ: towards; up to (as preverb/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• जग्मुः: they went/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• रक्षन्तः: protecting
• रक्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुन्तीपुत्रम्: Kunti's son
• कुन्तीपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• chariots (ratha)
• excellent horses (aśvavara)
• net of small bells (kiḍakiṇījāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, righteous leadership is sustained by disciplined protection and loyal support; safeguarding the dharmic king is presented as a collective duty of his followers.

What is happening in the narrative?

A contingent arrives with well-equipped chariots and fine horses, their vehicles adorned/covered with a bell-net, and they take up positions to protect King Yudhiṣṭhira on the battlefield.