bow, possessor of the Gandiva bow and can be used only attributively : while ततज्यगाण्डिवधर: may well be the predicate, Another interpretation possible with the variant in question is :- तस्मिन्नेव (क्षणे, समर्थ our अवसरे) सः गाण्डिवधरः पृथानन्दनः किं नु'नासित् Was not there, living and present even at that moment, the son of Pritha, the wielder of the Gandiva bow (that is, Arjuna) ? In this case नासीत् is the predicate by itself in the sense of did not exist, was not present,' and 'किं नु' is a joint interrogative particle. And the line so interpreted balances well with the last line of the stanza, the two forming together a symmetrical pair of rhetorically impressive questions of appeal. But there is one draw-back, namely, that the idea of क्षणे or समये has to be supplied after तस्मिन्नेव rather unwarrantably. The reading राजचक्रसमितौ is equally good its also मम राजचक्रमभितः.
असमाप्तप्रतिज्ञाभारेण---असमाप्तः प्रतिज्ञायाः भारः येन तैन,.
It is a pecularity of the Sanskrit language that various logical relations of ideas can be expressed by means of adjectives appended to substantives. The use of an adjectives as what is called a हेतुगर्भविशेषण is well-known, and serves to intimate reason for something stated in the predicate. In the present case, the adjective intimates a condition upon which what is stated by the predicate depends, Thus the adjective may be rendered in some such way: If he should fail to accomplish the serious undertaking, (he would kill himself).
कुरुशत......माहिमः-कुरुशतमेव परिवारः तेन वर्धितः महिमा यस्य--- Whose mightiness is augmented by there being) the ring of the hundred Kaurav brothers about him.
कृपकर्ण.......विक्रमस्य-कृपकर्णद्रोणाश्वत्थामादिमहारथानां पराक्रमेण द्विगुणीकृतः निरावरणः (आवरणतः , प्रसिद्धः) पराक्रमः यस्य-Whose valour, by no means obscure in itself. is further strengthend by that of such eminent warriors as कृप, कणं &c. का शक्तिस्ति धनंजयस्यान्यस्य वा नामपि ग्राहितुं ते तनयस्य- What power has Dhananjaya or any other to injure your son even in thought (even to dream of using any violence against your son) ?
St. 26. धर्मात्मजं यमौ च प्रति कथैव नास्ति । वृकोदरकिरीटभृतोः मध्ये एकोऽपि कः विस्फुरितमण्डलचापचक्रे सिन्धुराजं बलेन अभिषेणयितुं समर्थः ।
किरीटभृत् or किरीटिन् is an epithet of Arjuna in reference to the crown of magic power conferred upon him by Indra and worn by him ever since.
