Shloka 36

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

ततः परिवृता योधा: परिवत्रुर्युधिष्तिरम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ parivṛtā yodhāḥ parivavrur yudhiṣṭhiram

Translation

قال سانجيا: ثم إنّ المحاربين، وقد ضيّقوا عليه، أحاطوا بيودهيشثيرا إحاطةً تامّة—صورةُ الملكِ البارّ محصورًا بين ضغوط الحرب ومخاطرها، حيث لا بدّ من السعي إلى صون الدارما وسط الطوق والتهديد.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्'

• परिवृताः: surrounded/encircled
• परिवृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिवृत (√वृ 'to cover/surround' + परि-, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• परिवव्रुः: surrounded/encircled
• परिवव्रुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते; लिट्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• yodhāḥ (warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a dharmic leader may be pressed on all sides in conflict; steadfastness and discernment are required to uphold righteousness when circumstances become constricting and dangerous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warriors move in and form a tight ring around Yudhiṣṭhira, indicating a tactical encirclement and an immediate threat to the Pāṇḍava king on the battlefield.