Shloka 22

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

त्वं चापि कुशली राजन माद्रीपुत्रौो च पाण्डवौ | मुक्ता वीरक्षयादस्मात्‌ संग्रामान्निहतद्विष:

Transliteration

tvaṃ cāpi kuśalī rājan mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | muktā vīrakṣayād asmāt saṃgrāmān nihata-dviṣaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „O König, auch du bist wohlbehalten; und ebenso die beiden Pāṇḍava-Söhne der Mādrī. Nachdem ihr eure Feinde erschlagen habt, seid ihr alle lebend aus dieser Schlacht erlöst worden—aus einem schrecklichen Feld, auf dem Helden zugrunde gingen. Das ist wahrlich ein Zeichen großen Glücks.“

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कुशली: safe, well
• कुशली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• माद्रीपुत्रौ: the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pandavas
• पाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• मुक्ताः: freed, escaped
• मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीरक्षयात्: from the destruction of heroes
• वीरक्षयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• संग्रामात्: from the battle
• संग्रामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• निहतद्विषः: whose enemies are slain
• निहतद्विषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहतद्विष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• King (rājan)
• Mādrī
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Pāṇḍavas
• enemies/foes (dviṣ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the fragility of life in war and frames survival and victory as a matter of fortune and divine favor, reminding the listener to recognize the cost of battle—where even heroes perish—and to value being spared.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses the king, reporting that he and the Mādrī-born Pāṇḍavas (Nakula and Sahadeva) are unharmed, and that they have escaped alive from a terrible battle after defeating their enemies.