Shloka 69

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्निन्मे प्रियकृत्तम: । भविता न च मे तस्मादन्य: प्रियतरो भुवि,उससे बढ़कर मेरा प्रिय कार्य करनेवाला मनुष्योंमें कोई भी नहीं है तथा पृथ्वीभरमें उससे बढ़कर मेरा प्रिय दूसरा कोई भविष्यमें होगा भी नहींः

Transliteration

na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priyakṛttamaḥ | bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi ||

Translation

Among human beings, there is none who has done what is dearer to Me than he; and on this earth there will never be another who will be more beloved to Me than he.

Word by Word

नnot

चand

तस्मात्than him/from him

मनुष्येषुamong men

कश्चित्anyone

मेof me/to me (my)

प्रियकृत्तमःthe most pleasing-doer (one who does what is dear most)

भविताwill be

नnot

चand

मेof me/to me (my)

तस्मात्than him

अन्यःanother

प्रियतरःdearer

भुविon earth

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of gratitude and loyalty: recognizing and honoring the person who has rendered the most cherished help, and affirming steadfast affection grounded in remembered beneficence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, speaking in the Bhīṣma Parva context, declares that no human has done a deed more dear to him than the person he refers to, and that no one in the future will surpass that person in Arjuna’s affection—an emphatic statement of personal devotion and indebtedness.