Shloka 84

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

तस्या: पारमपारं च व्रजन्ति विजयैषिण:

Transliteration

tasyāḥ pāram apāraṃ ca vrajanti vijayaiṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeking victory, they press on to the far shore—and even beyond—of that perilous course, driven by the hunger to win, regardless of the limits that should restrain them.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her / her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पारम्: the farther shore / limit
• पारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपारम्: the near shore / this side (lit. not-far-shore)
• अपारम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• व्रजन्ति: they go / proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन

• विजयैषिणः: seeking victory
• विजयैषिणः: कर्ता
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजय-एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vijayaiṣiṇaḥ (victory-seekers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the pursuit of victory can push people beyond proper bounds—past the ‘far shore’ into the ‘shoreless’—suggesting an ethical warning against unchecked ambition that overrides restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes combatants (or agents in the conflict) as ‘victory-seekers’ who continue advancing relentlessly, implying that the momentum of war and the desire to win drives them beyond ordinary limits.