Shloka 33

Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation

Devanagari script

यदुक्तवान्‌ महाप्राज्ञ: क्षत्ता हितमनामयम्‌ | तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं वचन दिव्यदर्शिन:

Transliteration

yaduktavān mahāprājñaḥ kṣattā hitam anāmayam | tad idaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ divyadarśinaḥ prajānātha |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Der hochweise Vidura, der Kämmerer, hat einst Worte gesprochen, die zu unserem Wohl und ohne Schaden waren. O Herr des Volkes, nun ist eben dieses Wort des Sehers eingetroffen.“

Word by Word

• {'yad-uktavān': 'what (he) said

• the counsel previously spoken', 'mahāprājñaḥ': 'greatly wise, of profound understanding', 'kṣattā': 'the chamberlain

• (here) Vidura', 'hitam': 'beneficial, conducive to welfare', 'anāmayam': 'free from illness/harm

• safe, non-injurious', 'tat idam': 'that very (thing), precisely that', 'samanuprāptam': 'has fully arrived

• has come to pass, has befallen', 'vacanam': 'speech, statement, counsel', 'divyadarśinaḥ': 'of one with divine sight

• a seer, farsighted one', 'prajānātha': 'lord of the people

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Vidura
• Dhritarashtra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wholesome counsel given for one’s welfare—especially by the wise—should not be ignored; when adharma is chosen, the warning returns as lived consequence, often too late to prevent suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that, after witnessing the destruction of their kin, the Kuru side recalls Vidura’s earlier warnings and realizes that his farsighted words about the outcome have now been fulfilled.