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Shloka 9

अध्याय ८७: कृष्णस्य हस्तिनापुरप्रवेशः

Krishna’s Entry into Hastināpura and Court Reception

यत्‌ तु कार्य महाबाहो मनसा कार्यतां गतम्‌ | सर्वोपायैर्न तच्छक्यं केनचित्‌ कर्तुमन्यथा,“महाबाहो! श्रीकृष्ण जिस कार्यको करनेकी बात अपने मनमें ठान लेते हैं, उसे कोई सारे उपाय करके भी उलट नहीं सकता

yat tu kārya mahābāho manasā kāryatāṃ gatam | sarvopāyair na tac chakyaṃ kenacit kartum anyathā ||

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O du Mächtigarmiger, wenn Kṛṣṇa in seinem Geist eine Tat beschlossen und sie fest als den zu vollziehenden Weg gesetzt hat, vermag niemand — selbst mit allen erdenklichen Listen — diesen Vorsatz in ein anderes Ergebnis zu verkehren.“

यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्
Formrelative pronoun; neuter nominative/accusative singular (used correlatively with तत्)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
Formparticle
कार्यम्task; thing to be done
कार्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
Formneuter; nominative singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
Formmasculine; vocative singular
मनसाwith the mind; mentally
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter; instrumental singular
कार्यताम्as a resolve/undertaking (to be done)
कार्यताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्यता
Formfeminine; accusative singular (state/condition of being to-be-done; resolve/undertaking)
गतम्gone to; fixed upon; determined
गतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formpast passive participle; neuter nominative singular (agreeing with कार्यम्)
सर्वोपायैःby all means/expedients
सर्वोपायैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वोपाय
Formmasculine; instrumental plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formnegation
तत्that
तत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
Formdemonstrative pronoun; neuter nominative/accusative singular (correlative to यत्)
शक्यम्possible
शक्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
Formneuter; nominative singular (predicate adjective)
केनचित्by anyone
केनचित्:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminstrumental singular of indefinite pronoun (kim + cit)
कर्तुम्to do; to make
कर्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Forminfinitive (tumun)
अन्यथाotherwise; differently
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा
Formadverb

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
K
Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

Firm, righteous resolve—especially in a leader like Kṛṣṇa—carries an inevitability that cannot be overturned by external maneuvers; it highlights the power of determined will aligned with a larger moral and strategic vision.

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Vaiśaṃpāyana underscores Kṛṣṇa’s decisive agency: once Kṛṣṇa has mentally fixed a course of action, others cannot redirect it, even through extensive political or tactical efforts.