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Shloka 406

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

न्यायेन युध्यमानौ हि तद्‌ वै सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते । मैंने यह समाचार भी सुना था कि भीष्म और द्रोणाचार्य मार गिराये गये, परंतु मैं तुमसे यह सच्ची बात कहता हूँ कि ये भीष्म और द्रोण यदि समरभूमिमें न्यायपूर्वक युद्ध करते होते तो इन्हें साक्षात्‌ वज्रधारी इन्द्र भी नहीं मार सकते थे

nyāyena yudhyamānau hi tad vai satyaṃ bravīmi te |

আমি এ সংবাদও শুনেছি যে ভীষ্ম ও দ্রোণাচার্য নিহত হয়েছেন; কিন্তু আমি তোমাকে সত্য বলছি—যদি তাঁরা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্রে ন্যায় ও বিধি মেনে যুদ্ধ করতেন, তবে বজ্রধারী ইন্দ্র স্বয়ংও তাঁদের বধ করতে পারতেন না।

न्यायेनby justice / according to right conduct
न्यायेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootन्याय
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
युध्यमानौfighting
युध्यमानौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
Formशानच् (present active participle, Ātmanepada sense), Masculine, Nominative, Dual
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed / surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रवीमिI say / I speak
ब्रवीमि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, First, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Bhīṣma
D
Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
I
Indra (Vajradhara)
S
samarabhūmi (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores that adherence to nyāya (just, rule-bound conduct) in war confers moral and even practical invincibility; Bhīṣma and Droṇa could be brought down only when the fight departed from strict dharma-yuddha norms.

Vaiśampāyana emphasizes to his listener that although news has been heard of Bhīṣma and Droṇa being slain, in truth they were so formidable that if they had been fighting strictly according to the rules of righteous battle, not even Indra could have killed them.