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Shloka 26

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

नान्तो विक्रमयुक्तस्य बुद्धया युक्तस्य वा पुनः । कर्मणां शक्‍्यते गन्तुं हृषीकेशस्थ संजय,संजय! बुद्धि और पराक्रमसे युक्त भगवान्‌ हृषीकेशके कर्मोका अन्त नहीं जाना जा सकता

nānto vikramayuktasya buddhayā yuktasya vā punaḥ | karmaṇāṃ śakyate gantuṃ hṛṣīkeśastha sañjaya, sañjaya! |

يا سنجيا! لا يُستطاع بلوغُ نهاية أعمال هريشيكيشا، المقرونِ بالحكمة والبأس.

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
antaḥend, limit
antaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootanta
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
vikrama-yuktasyaof one endowed with valor
vikrama-yuktasya:
TypeAdjective
Rootvikrama-yukta
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
buddhyāby intellect
buddhyā:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
yuktasyaof one endowed (with)
yuktasya:
TypeAdjective
Rootyukta
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
or
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
punaḥagain; moreover
punaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ
karmaṇāmof (the) deeds
karmaṇām:
TypeNoun
Rootkarman
Formneuter, genitive, plural
śakyateis possible
śakyate:
TypeVerb
Root√śak
Formpresent, indicative, passive, third, singular
gantumto reach, to know (the limit)
gantum:
TypeVerb
Root√gam
Forminfinitive (tumun)
hṛṣīkeśa-sthaO one stationed with Hṛṣīkeśa (i.e., near him)
hṛṣīkeśa-stha:
TypeAdjective
Roothṛṣīkeśa-stha
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
sañjayaO Sañjaya
sañjaya:
TypeNoun
Rootsañjaya
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
sañjayaO Sañjaya!
sañjaya:
TypeNoun
Rootsañjaya
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
Sañjaya
H
Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

Human capacities—whether intellectual brilliance (buddhi) or heroic prowess (vikrama)—are insufficient to measure the full scope of the Divine’s actions; the verse emphasizes humility before Hṛṣīkeśa’s unfathomable agency.

In the Drona Parva war account, Vaiśampāyana addresses Sañjaya, underscoring that Kṛṣṇa’s interventions and strategies in the conflict are beyond complete human assessment, framing events as guided by a higher, immeasurable power.