Mahabharata 7.151.2 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 2

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

दिष्टया वर्धसि राजेन्द्र हतशत्रुर्नरोत्तम | दिष्ट्या निस्तीर्णवांश्वैव प्रतिज्ञामनुजस्तव

Transliteration

diṣṭyā vardhasi rājendra hataśatrur narottama | diṣṭyā nistīrṇavāṁś caiva pratijñām anujas tava ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Durch gutes Geschick gedeihst du, o Herr der Könige—o Bester der Menschen—dein Feind ist erschlagen. Und durch dasselbe Glück hat auch dein jüngerer Bruder sein Gelübde erfüllt und es erfolgreich bestanden.“

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately; by good luck
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')

• वर्धसि: you prosper / you thrive
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• हतशत्रुः: one whose enemies are slain
• हतशत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• नरोत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')

• निस्तीर्णवान्: having crossed over; having fulfilled/come through
• निस्तीर्णवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्तॄ
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु), masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: the vow; the promise
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• अनुजः: younger brother
• अनुजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: of you; your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra/narottama as the addressee)
• the younger brother of the addressee (implied: Vidura)
• an enemy (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of a pratijñā (solemn vow): success is praised not merely as victory in war but as steadfast completion of one’s pledged duty, while also acknowledging the role of diṣṭi (destiny/fortune) in outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that matters have turned favorably: an enemy has been slain and the king’s younger brother has successfully carried out and completed his vow, implying a significant turning point in the war report.