Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इष्टो हि वासुदेवस्य पाण्डवैर्मम विग्रह: । भीमसेनार्जुनी चैव दाशार्हस्य मते स्थितौ,*वास्तवमें श्रीकृष्ण यही चाहते हैं कि पाण्डवोंके साथ मेरा युद्ध हो। भीमसेन और अर्जन--से दोनों भाई तो श्रीकृष्णके ही मतमें रहनेवाले हैं

Transliteration

iṣṭo hi vāsudevasya pāṇḍavair mama vigrahaḥ | bhīmasenārjunī caiva dāśārhasya mate sthitau ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Wahrlich, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) wünscht, dass ich mit den Pāṇḍavas in Streit gerate. Und Bhīmasena und Arjuna, diese beiden Brüder, stehen fest im Rat und im Willen des Dāśārha (Kṛṣṇa).“

Word by Word

इष्टःdesired, agreeable

हिindeed, for

वासुदेवस्यof Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

पाण्डवैःby/with the Pāṇḍavas

ममmy

विग्रहःconflict, war

भीमसेनःBhīmasena

अर्जुनःArjuna

चand

एवindeed, just

दाशार्हस्यof the Dāśārha (Kṛṣṇa)

मतेin the opinion/view

स्थितौstanding/abiding (the two)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Pāṇḍavas

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Arjuna

Dāśārha (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how decisive counsel and allegiance shape the course of dharma and conflict: Kṛṣṇa’s strategic intention is presented as favoring a confrontation with the Pāṇḍavas, while Bhīma and Arjuna are portrayed as firmly aligned with his guidance—suggesting that moral-political outcomes in the epic often turn on trusted leadership and chosen loyalties.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and maneuvering, the narrator reports a perception that Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) desires a clash involving the Pāṇḍavas, and that Bhīma and Arjuna stand with Kṛṣṇa’s position—indicating the consolidation of the Pāṇḍava side around Kṛṣṇa’s counsel as war becomes imminent.