Shloka 38

कामीकवन-समागमः

Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive

Devanagari script

भविष्यतो निरुत्साहौ भ्रष्टवीर्यपराक्रमौ मद्विनाशात्‌ परिद्यूनाविति मे वर्तते मति:,“वे मेरे विनाशसे उत्साहशून्य हो जायँगे, अपने बल और पराक्रम खो बैठेंगे और सर्वथा शक्तिहीन हो जायँगे, ऐसा मेरा विश्वास है”

Transliteration

bhaviṣyato nirutsāhau bhraṣṭavīryaparākramau madvināśāt paridyūnāv iti me vartate matiḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Es ist meine feste Überzeugung, dass sie, wenn ich vernichtet bin, allen Mut verlieren werden; ihre Kraft und ihr heldischer Schwung werden zusammenbrechen, und sie werden gänzlich entkräftet sein.“

Word by Word

भविष्यतःthe two who will be (in future)

निरुत्साहौwithout enthusiasm

भ्रष्टवीर्यपराक्रमौhaving lost strength and valor

मत्-विनाशात्from my destruction

परिद्यूनौutterly dejected / dispirited

इतिthus

मेof me / my

वर्ततेexists / occurs / prevails

मतिःthought / opinion

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the fall of a central protector or leader can cause a collapse of morale and capability in dependents; ethical leadership carries responsibility because others’ courage and effectiveness may hinge upon it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a speaker’s inner conviction: if the speaker is destroyed, ‘they’ (the dependent party) will become dispirited, lose strength and valor, and be rendered powerless—an assessment of psychological and strategic consequences.