Shloka 25

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

यच्च भकक्‍त्या प्रसन्नो5हमद्राक्ष॑ कृष्णमी श्वरम्‌ । तन्मे सुविदितं सर्व प्रत्यक्षमिव चागमम्‌,मैंने प्रसन्न होकर भक्तिभावसे भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके उस ईश्वरीय रूपका जो दर्शन किया, वह सब मुझे आज भी अच्छी तरह स्मरण है। मैंने उन्हें प्रत्यक्षकी भाँति जान लिया था

Translation

Rejoicing in devotion, I beheld Kṛṣṇa the Lord in his divine form; all of that is fully known to me, as though seen with my own eyes, and I understood him as if by direct vision.

Word by Word

यत्which (that)

चand

भक्त्याby devotion

प्रसन्नःpleased

अहम्I

अद्राक्षम्I saw

कृष्णम्Krishna

ईश्वरम्the Lord

तत्that

मेto me / for me

सुविदितम्well-known, clearly understood

सर्वम्all (of it)

प्रत्यक्षम्directly, as if before the eyes

इवas if, like

चand

अगमम्I came to know / I understood

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes