Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 26

Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa

Resolve for the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

स्वयमिष्टं च ते काम॑ वीर भूयो ददाम्यहम्‌

Transliteration

svayam iṣṭaṃ ca te kāmaṃ vīra bhūyo dadāmy aham

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “And, O hero, I grant you once again the very boon you yourself desire.”

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: personally, myself
• स्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• इष्टम्: desired thing, wish
• इष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine (pronoun), dative, singular

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• भूयः: again, further, more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial)

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present tense (Lat), parasmaipada, 1st person, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Pronoun, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous king’s word is meant to be dependable: Yudhiṣṭhira frames his response as a deliberate, repeated granting of what the other truly seeks, emphasizing ethical restraint and responsibility in giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of Shalya Parva’s tense wartime exchanges, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a “hero” and formally reiterates a grant—confirming again the fulfillment of the other person’s chosen wish/boon.