Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्

Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

यावन्न चरते मार्गान्‌ पृतनामभि थधर्षयन्‌ । भीमसेनो गदापाणिस्तावत्‌ संशाम्य पाण्डवै:

Transliteration

yāvan na carate mārgān pṛtanām abhidharṣayan | bhīmaseno gadāpāṇis tāvat saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—দুর্যোধন! যতক্ষণ গদাধারী ভীমসেন তোমার সেনাকে চূর্ণ করতে করতে যুদ্ধপথে বিচরণ শুরু না করেন, ততক্ষণ পাণ্ডবদের সঙ্গে সন্ধি করো।

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• चरते: moves about / roams
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: present, parasmaipada? (actually ātmanepada), 3rd person singular

• मार्गान्: paths / routes
• मार्गान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• पृतनाम्: army
• पृतनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अभि: towards / against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि
• Form: upasarga (preverb)

• धर्षयन्: assaulting / overpowering
• धर्षयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृष्
• Form: present active participle, masculine nominative singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गदापाणिः: one whose hand holds a mace (mace-in-hand)
• गदापाणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापाणि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तावत्: so long / until then
• तावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• संशाम्य: having made peace / having come to terms
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-शम्
• Form: absolutive (gerund), indeclinable

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pāṇḍavas
• gadā (mace)
• pṛtanā (army)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Choose reconciliation while it is still possible; delaying ethical action invites irreversible harm. The verse frames peace (saṃdhi/saṃśama) as the wiser dharmic option before violence becomes unstoppable.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a warning: before Bhīma begins his devastating assault through the battle formations, the opposing side should make peace with the Pāṇḍavas. It is a strategic and moral counsel given in the tense lead-up to war.