Shloka 306

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रियार्थ महाराज जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठित: । “महाराज! आज युद्धस्थलमें आपका प्रिय करनेके लिये मैं सिंधुराजकी रक्षाके निमित्त पूरा प्रयत्न करूँगा। विजय तो दैवके अधीन है

Transliteration

tvatpriyārtha mahārāja jayo daive pratiṣṭhitaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O great king, for the sake of what is dear to you, I will exert myself fully on the battlefield today to protect the king of Sindhu. Yet victory rests with fate—the divine.”

Word by Word

• त्वत्: of you/your
• त्वत्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियार्थम्: for (your) pleasure; for what is dear (to you)
• प्रियार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दैवे: in fate; in the divine (dispensation)
• दैवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठितः: is established/depends (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
• Sindhurāja (Jayadratha, implied by the accompanying prose context)
• Daiva (fate/providence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should act with full effort out of duty and loyalty, yet recognize that the final outcome—victory or defeat—ultimately depends on daiva (providence/fate), not merely human will.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the war narrative of Droṇa Parva, Sañjaya reports a resolve made for the king’s satisfaction: to strive to protect the Sindhu king (Jayadratha), while acknowledging that the result of battle is governed by fate.