Shloka 9

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

अवरोपय गाण्डीवमक्षयौ च महेषुधी । अथाहमवरोक्ष्यामि पश्चाद्‌ भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

avaropaya gāṇḍīvam akṣayau ca maheṣudhī | athāham avarokṣyāmi paścād bharatasattama ||

Translation

三阇耶说：“放下甘狄婆神弓，也放下那两只巨大的、取之不尽的箭囊。然后我也将随后下车，噢，婆罗多族之最胜者。”

Word by Word

• अवरोपय: lower / set down
• अवरोपय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√रुह्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• गाण्डीवम्: the bow Gāṇḍīva
• गाण्डीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अक्षयौ: two inexhaustible
• अक्षयौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

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

• महा-इषुधी: two great quivers
• महा-इषुधी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषुधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अवरोक्ष्यामि: I shall descend / get down
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√रुह्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम, एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

• भरत-सत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gāṇḍīva
• two inexhaustible quivers (akṣayau maheṣudhī)
• Bharatas (as a lineage epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the intensity of war, right conduct includes composure, clear sequencing, and safeguarding essential instruments; discipline and preparedness are treated as ethical duties rather than mere tactics.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction to set down Arjuna’s bow Gāṇḍīva and the two inexhaustible quivers, stating that he will dismount afterward—indicating a controlled shift in position or action during the battle scene.