Shloka 81

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

ब्रूहि चैव परं वीर केनार्थ: कि ददामि ते । एवंगते महाराज युद्धादन्‍्यत्‌ किमिच्छसि

Transliteration

brūhi caiva paraṃ vīra kenārthaḥ kiṃ dadāmi te | evaṃgate mahārāja yuddhād anyat kim icchasi ||

Translation

Śalya sprach: „Sprich offen, o Held: Was begehrst du, und was soll ich dir geben? O großer König, da die Dinge nun so weit gekommen sind — was verlangst du von mir noch, außer Beistand im Krieg?“

Word by Word

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• परम्: the highest/ultimate (thing)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• केन: by what?/with what?
• केन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अर्थः: purpose/aim
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), 1, singular, परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: dative, singular, 2

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• गते: when it has come to this/when things are thus
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, locative, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• युद्धात्: from/than battle
• युद्धात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• अन्यत्: something else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इच्छसि: you desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Shalya
• Mahārāja (addressed king)
• Vīra (addressed hero)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights clarity and limits in obligation: Shalya asks for a direct statement of purpose and indicates that, given the wartime context, he is prepared to offer what is appropriate—yet he also probes whether anything beyond military assistance is being demanded, implying ethical boundaries and accountability in alliances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Shalya addresses a king and a warrior, asking them to state plainly what they want from him. He frames the request in the immediate wartime situation and specifically asks what they seek from him other than support connected with the war.