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Shloka 15

कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies

अर्जुनस्यापि नेता च संयन्ता चैव वाजिनाम्‌

arjunasya api netā ca saṁyantā caiva vājinām

毗湿摩波耶那说:“他亦是阿周那的引导者,也是那位勒住并驾驭群马的御者。”此句表明:阿周那的战力与其说出自蛮勇,不如说与严整的引领、以及对强大力量的克制与驾驭密不可分。

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna
अर्जुनस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नेताleader/driver
नेता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनेतृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संयन्ताcontroller/restrainer (charioteer)
संयन्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंयन्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वाजिनाम्of the horses
वाजिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

A
Arjuna
H
horses

Educational Q&A

True martial power depends on right guidance and disciplined control: a warrior’s success is sustained by a capable guide and the mastery that keeps powerful forces (like horses, or metaphorically the senses and impulses) aligned with purpose and dharma.

Vaiśampāyana describes the person associated with Arjuna as both his guide (netā) and the controller of his horses (saṁyantā), highlighting the crucial role of the charioteer in directing Arjuna’s chariot and, by extension, his course in the coming conflict.