Shloka 44

Devanagari script

दिष्टया जयसि गोविन्द दिष्ट्या शत्रुर्निपातित: । दिष्ट्या गाण्डीवधन्वा च विजयी पाण्डुनन्दन:

Transliteration

diṣṭyā jayasi govinda diṣṭyā śatrur nipātitaḥ | diṣṭyā gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca vijayī pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “By good fortune you have prevailed, O Govinda. By good fortune the enemy has been struck down. And by good fortune the son of Pāṇḍu—Arjuna, bearer of the Gāṇḍīva—has emerged victorious.”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: by good fortune
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• जयसि: you win / you are victorious
• जयसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिष्ट्या: by good fortune
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शत्रुः: the enemy
• शत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निपातितः: has been felled / slain
• निपातितः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिष्ट्या: by good fortune
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गाण्डीवधन्वा: the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डीवधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव-धन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विजयी: victorious
• विजयी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Pāṇḍu's son (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃjaya
• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna (Gāṇḍīvadhanvā, Pāṇḍunandana)
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• Karna (implied as the fallen enemy in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between human effort and daiva (destiny/divine dispensation): victory and the fall of a formidable foe are acknowledged as ‘diṣṭyā’—by fortune—while also implicitly crediting Kṛṣṇa’s guidance and the righteous alignment of the Pāṇḍavas’ cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃjaya reports and celebrates the outcome of a crucial battle moment: Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) is addressed as the victorious charioteer-guide, the enemy has been brought down (contextually Karṇa), and Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, is declared victorious.