Mahābhārata · 2.21.17–18
॥
Devanāgarī
कार्त्तिकस्य तु मासस्य प्रवृत्तं प्रथमे ऽहनि ॥
अनारतं दिवारात्रम् अविश्रान्तम् अवर्तत ॥
तद् वृत्तं तु त्रयोदश्यां समवेतं महात्मनोः ॥
चतुर्दश्यां निशायां तु निवृत्तो मागधः क्लमात् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
kārttikasya tu māsasya pravṛttaṃ prathame 'hani ||
anārataṃ divārātram aviśrāntam avartata ||
tad vṛttaṃ tu trayodaśyāṃ samavetaṃ mahātmanoḥ ||
caturdaśyāṃ niśāyāṃ tu nivṛtto māgadhaḥ klamāt ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
कार्त्तिकस्य तु मासस्यkārttikasya tu māsasyaof the month of Karttika,
प्रवृत्तम् प्रथमे अहनिpravṛttam prathame ahanibegun on the first day,
अनारतम् दिवा-रात्रम्anāratam divā-rātramunceasingly, day and night,
अविश्रान्तम् अवर्ततaviśrāntam avartatait went on without rest;
तद् वृत्तम् तु त्रयोदश्याम्tad vṛttam tu trayodaśyāmthat [battle], continuing, on the thirteenth [day],
समवेतम् महात्मनोःsamavetam mahātmanoḥunbroken, of the two great souls —
चतुर्दश्याम् निशायाम् तुcaturdaśyām niśāyām tuand on the fourteenth night
निवृत्तो मागधः क्लमात्nivṛtto māgadhaḥ klamātthe Magadhan withdrew from exhaustion.
प्रवृत्तंpravṛttaṃoriginal form "pravṛttaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहनि'hanioriginal form "'hani", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनारतंanārataṃoriginal form "anārataṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिवारात्रम्divārātramoriginal form "divārātram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृत्तंvṛttaṃoriginal form "vṛttaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रयोदश्यांtrayodaśyāṃoriginal form "trayodaśyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समवेतंsamavetaṃoriginal form "samavetaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चतुर्दश्यांcaturdaśyāṃoriginal form "caturdaśyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निशायांniśāyāṃoriginal form "niśāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Beginning on the first day of the month of Karttika, the battle continued unceasingly, day and night, without rest. This combat of the two great-souled ones went on unbroken through the thirteenth day as well; but on the fourteenth night the Magadhan withdrew from exhaustion.
Versión
becf5a6a4bbc · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:28:50 UTC
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Thirteen days of unbroken strife without sleep or rest — a measure surpassing all that is human. It is significant that Jarasandha is the first to grow weary: the one who seemed unconquerable reveals his limit in time. The body, born in two halves and joined together (as told in the chapters of his birth), at the end of its span again shows its brokenness. The verse teaches: all that has no anchor in the eternal wears out; and even the most stubborn strength, lacking blessing, yields in its hour.