Shloka 36

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

ततः परिवृता योधा: परिवत्रुर्युधिष्तिरम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ parivṛtā yodhāḥ parivavrur yudhiṣṭhiram

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann rückten die Krieger heran und umringten Yudhiṣṭhira vollständig—ein Bild des gerechten Königs, von den Zwängen und Gefahren des Krieges bedrängt, in dem der Schutz des Dharma mitten in Einkreisung und Bedrohung gesucht werden muss.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्'

• परिवृताः: surrounded/encircled
• परिवृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिवृत (√वृ 'to cover/surround' + परि-, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• परिवव्रुः: surrounded/encircled
• परिवव्रुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते; लिट्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• yodhāḥ (warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a dharmic leader may be pressed on all sides in conflict; steadfastness and discernment are required to uphold righteousness when circumstances become constricting and dangerous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warriors move in and form a tight ring around Yudhiṣṭhira, indicating a tactical encirclement and an immediate threat to the Pāṇḍava king on the battlefield.