Shloka 8

Karṇa’s advance against the Pāṇḍava host; Arjuna’s clash with the Saṃśaptakas (कर्णस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रवेशः—अर्जुनस्य संशप्तकसंप्रहारः)

Devanagari script

अवध्यत्वं च ते राजन्‌ सर्वभूतस्य सर्वदा । सहिता वरयामासु: सर्वलोकपितामहम्‌

Transliteration

avadhyatvaṃ ca te rājan sarvabhūtasya sarvadā | sahitā varayāmāsuḥ sarvalokapitāmaham, nibodha manasā cātra na te kāryā vicāraṇā |

Translation

Duryodhana sprach: „O König, sie erbaten Unverwundbarkeit zu jeder Zeit gegenüber jedem Wesen. Vereint suchten sie einst einen Segen beim Ahnvater aller Welten (Brahmā). Begreife dies mit festem Sinn; hege keinen Zweifel.“

Word by Word

• अवध्यत्वम्: invulnerability (state of being unkillable)
• अवध्यत्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवध्यत्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वभूतस्य: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा

• सहिता: together, united
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वरयामासुः: they chose/selected (as a boon-giver)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• सर्वलोकपितामहम्: the grandsire of all worlds (Brahmā)
• सर्वलोकपितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोकपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निबोध: understand; take note
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (बोधने)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular

• मनसा: with the mind; mentally
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कार्या: to be done; necessary
• कार्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विचारणा: deliberation; doubt/second-thought
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Madra-raja (Śalya)
• Brahmā (Sarvalokapitāmaha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes resolute acceptance of a strategic assurance: Duryodhana urges the king to hold firmly in mind the granted protection (invulnerability) and not to weaken resolve through hesitation or second-guessing.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Karṇa Parva context, Duryodhana addresses the Madra king (Śalya), invoking an earlier boon-granting episode involving Brahmā to persuade him of assured protection and to prevent him from doubting the claim.