Shloka 34

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

क्व ते कृतास्त्रता याता किज्च शेषे जलाशये । स त्वमुत्तिष्ठ युध्यस्व क्षत्रधर्मेण भारत

Transliteration

kva te kṛtāstratā yātā kiñ ca śeṣe jalāśaye | sa tvam uttiṣṭha yudhyasva kṣatradharmeṇa bhārata ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“你的兵器精熟到哪里去了？为何还躺在这水池之中不动？起身吧，噢，婆罗多后裔，依刹帝利之责而战。”

Word by Word

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: any, genitive, singular

• कृतास्त्रता: skill in weapons (weapon-trained-ness)
• कृतास्त्रता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतास्त्रता
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• याता: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), feminine, nominative, singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शेषे: you lie/rest
• Type: Verb
• Root: शेष
• Form: present indicative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• जलाशये: in the water-reservoir/pond
• जलाशये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलाशय
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सः: that/so; he
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: any, nominative, singular

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up!
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (उत्+स्था)
• Form: imperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• युध्यस्व: fight!
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: imperative, 2nd, singular, ātmanepada

• क्षत्रधर्मेण: by/according to the warrior-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)!
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (address to a Kuru prince, here Duryodhana/Suyodhana)
• jalāśaya (pond/lake)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presses the ethic of kṣatriya-dharma: a warrior must not abandon the battlefield out of fear or despair, but must rise and face conflict with courage and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the Kuru prince (Bhārata), challenging him for lying hidden in a pond and questioning where his famed weapon-skill has gone, urging him to get up and fight as a kṣatriya should.