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Shloka 20

सेनापति-निर्णयः तथा पाण्डवसेनायाः कुरुक्षेत्रगमनम्

Decision on Command and the Pandavas’ March to Kurukshetra

नते राज्यं प्रयच्छन्ति विना युद्धेन पाण्डव । विनाशहेतव: सर्वे प्रत्युपस्थितमृत्यव:

na te rājyaṁ prayacchanti vinā yuddhena pāṇḍava | vināśahetavaḥ sarve pratyupasthitamṛtyavaḥ pāṇḍunandana ||

يا پاندافا، لن يمنحوك المملكة من غير حرب. لقد صاروا جميعًا أسباب هلاكهم بأيديهم، وقد دنا أجلهم، يا ابن پاندو. وفي هذا الرأي إشارة إلى أنّ الكِبر والظلم إذا تصلّبا حتى يصيرا رفضًا عنيدًا، غدا الصدام لا مفرّ منه، وأن الأدهرما حين تنضج تؤول إلى خرابها بذاتها.

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
teto you
te:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Roottvad
Formmasculine, dative, singular
rājyamkingdom
rājyam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootrājya
Formneuter, accusative, singular
prayacchantithey give / will grant
prayacchanti:
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√yam (yacchati)
Formpresent, third, plural, parasmaipada
vināwithout
vinā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā
yuddhenaby/with war; in battle
yuddhena:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootyuddha
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
pāṇḍavaO Pāṇḍava
pāṇḍava:
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇḍava
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
vināśa-hetavaḥcauses of destruction
vināśa-hetavaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootvināśa-hetu
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
sarveall
sarve:
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
pratyupasthita-mṛtyavaḥthose whose death has come near / with death at hand
pratyupasthita-mṛtyavaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootpratyupasthita-mṛtyu
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
pāṇḍu-nandanaO son of Pāṇḍu
pāṇḍu-nandana:
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇḍu-nandana
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva
P
Pāṇḍava (addressed)
P
Pāṇḍu
K
Kauravas (implied by context: 'they')
R
Rājya (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

When rightful claims are met with obstinate injustice, adharma tends to culminate in conflict; those who persist in wrongdoing become the instruments of their own downfall, and consequences mature in time.

Vāyudeva addresses a Pāṇḍava (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), warning that the Kauravas will not restore the kingdom peacefully; he foretells that their destructive intent has ripened and their end is near, urging readiness for the unavoidable war.