Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अद्य राजा महत्‌ कृच्छू संत्यक्ष्यति युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

adya rājā mahat kṛcchū saṃtyakṣyati yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today King Yudhiṣṭhira will cast off a great hardship.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular (used adverbially with कृच्छ्रम)

• कृच्छ्रम्: hardship, distress
• कृच्छ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• संत्यक्ष्यति: will abandon/undergo (will meet with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Future (लृट्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular; with preverb सम्-

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most dharma-minded leader must face crushing trials; the verse highlights the ethical weight of kingship in war and suggests that endurance and the eventual casting off of suffering are part of righteous perseverance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, indicates that on this day Yudhiṣṭhira is about to be freed from—or forced to relinquish—a major distress, implying an imminent development that changes his burdened state.