Shloka 31

Devanagari script

सुयोधनं चापि रणे हनिष्यति वृकोदर:

Transliteration

suyodhanaṃ cāpi raṇe haniṣyati vṛkodaraḥ

Translation

Vāyu-deva declared that even Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would be slain in battle by Vṛkodara (Bhīma). The pronouncement sets the war’s moral arc: arrogance and adharma, though mighty for a time, end in inevitable ruin, and the appointed agent of retribution becomes the instrument by which justice is restored.

Word by Word

• सुयोधनम्: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हनिष्यति: will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma; 'wolf-bellied')
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• battle (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical inevitability that adharma-driven power collapses: wrongdoing ripens into consequences, and the restoration of dharma occurs through appointed human agency—in this case, Bhīma as the instrument of justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva speaks a predictive declaration: Bhīma (Vṛkodara) will kill Suyodhana (Duryodhana) in battle, foreshadowing Duryodhana’s end and reinforcing the war’s moral trajectory.