Shloka 17

भीष्मव्यूहदर्शनम् / Viewing Bhīṣma’s Battle Array and Arjuna’s Reassurance

Devanagari script

तस्य ते न व्यथां काज्चिदिह पश्यामि भारत । यस्य ते जयमाशास्ते विश्वभुक्‌ त्रिदिवेश्वर:,“अतः भारत! मैं आपके लिये किसी प्रकारकी व्यथा या चिन्ता होनेका कारण नहीं देखता; क्योंकि देवेश्वर तथा विश्वम्भर भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण आपके लिये विजयकी आशा करते हैं!

Transliteration

tasya te na vyathāṃ kāñcid iha paśyāmi bhārata | yasya te jayam āśāste viśvabhuk tridiveśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sagte: „O Bhārata, ich sehe hier keinen Grund, dass du auch nur die geringste Bedrängnis empfinden solltest; denn der Herr der Götter, der Erhalter der Welt, hofft selbst auf deinen Sieg.“

Word by Word

तस्यof that/therefore (in that matter)

तेto you/for you

नnot

व्यथाम्distress, anxiety

काञ्चित्any (at all)

इहhere, in this matter

पश्यामिI see

भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

यस्यbecause/for whom (of whom)

तेto you/for you

जयम्victory

आशास्तेhopes for, expects

विश्वभुक्the sustainer of the world

त्रिदिवेश्वरःlord of the three heavens (lord of the gods)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

Viśvabhuk (divine epithet, understood as Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Gītā Press gloss)

Tridiveśvara (divine epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Confidence should rest not merely on human strength but on alignment with a higher moral and divine order: when the world-sustaining Lord favors a cause, fear and anxiety lose their basis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reassures Dhṛtarāṣṭra that there is no reason for worry, because the supreme divine power—described as the sustainer of the world and lord of the gods—expects victory for the side being spoken of.