Shloka 46

दमयन्त्याः व्याकुलता — स्वयंवरसंनिपातः — देवदूतयाचनम्

Damayantī’s Distress, Proclamation of the Svayaṃvara, and the Gods’ Request

Devanagari script

मन्ये तथा तद्‌ भवितेति सूत यथा क्षत्ता प्राह वच: पुरा माम्‌ | असंशयं भविता युद्धमेतद्‌ गते काले पाण्डवानां यथोक्तम्‌,सूत! विदुरने पहले जो बात कही थी, वह अवश्य ही उसी प्रकार होगी, ऐसा मेरा विश्वास है। वनवासका समय व्यतीत होनेपर पाण्डवोंके कथनानुसार यह घोर युद्ध होकर ही रहेगा, इसमें संशय नहीं

Transliteration

manye tathā tad bhavitīti sūta yathā kṣattā prāha vacaḥ purā mām | asaṃśayaṃ bhavitā yuddham etad gate kāle pāṇḍavānāṃ yathoktam, sūta |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „O Sūta, ich glaube, es wird sich genau so erfüllen, wie es mir einst der Kämmerer Vidura sagte. Wenn die bestimmte Frist verstrichen ist, wird dieser furchtbare Krieg gewiss stattfinden, wie es die Pāṇḍavas erklärt haben—daran besteht kein Zweifel.“

Word by Word

• {'manye': 'I think

• I believe', 'tathā': 'thus

• in that very manner', 'tat': 'that (event/outcome)', 'bhavitā / bhavitīti': 'will happen

• will come to be', 'sūta': 'Sūta (charioteer-bard

• here the interlocutor addressed)', 'yathā': 'as

• just as', 'kṣattā': 'the chamberlain

• Vidura (as royal minister/attendant)', 'prāha': 'said

• spoke', 'vacaḥ': 'words

• statement', 'purā': 'formerly

• earlier', 'mām': 'to me', 'asaṃśayam': 'without doubt

• certainly', 'yuddham': 'war', 'etat': 'this', 'gate kāle': 'when the time has passed

• after the period has elapsed', 'pāṇḍavānām': 'of the Pāṇḍavas', 'yathoktam': 'as stated

Speaker

ध्तराष्ट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sūta
• Vidura (Kṣattā)
• Pāṇḍavas
• war (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise counsel and moral warning, if ignored, ripen into inevitable consequences; Dhṛtarāṣṭra recognizes that Vidura’s earlier admonition is proving true and that conflict follows from unresolved injustice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses Sūta and recalls Vidura’s prior statement, expressing certainty that once the Pāṇḍavas’ period of exile is completed, the foretold war will inevitably break out.