Shloka 25

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच सफल: कृष्ण संकल्प: सिद्धिश्व नियता मम । यस्य मे त्वं हृषीकेश यथेप्सितमुपस्थित:,युधिष्ठिर बोले--श्रीकृष्ण मेरा संकल्प सफल हो गया, मेरी सिद्धि सुनिश्चित है; क्योंकि हृषीकेश! आप मेरी इच्छाके अनुसार स्वयं ही यहाँ उपस्थित हो गये हैं

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | saphalaḥ kṛṣṇa saṅkalpaḥ siddhiś ca niyatā mama | yasya me tvaṃ hṛṣīkeśa yathepsitam upasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Kṛṣṇa, my resolve has borne fruit, and my success is now assured—for you, Hṛṣīkeśa, have appeared here of your own accord exactly as I had wished.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

सफलःsuccessful, fruitful

कृष्णO Kṛṣṇa

संकल्पःresolve, intention

सिद्धिःsuccess, attainment

हिindeed, for

नियताcertain, assured

ममof me, my

यस्यbecause of which; whose

मेof me, my

त्वम्you

हृषीकेशO Hṛṣīkeśa

यथाas, according to

ईप्सितम्desired, wished-for

उपस्थितःpresent, arrived

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kṛṣṇa

Hṛṣīkeśa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights confidence grounded in righteous intention and divine support: when one’s resolve is aligned with dharma, the timely presence of wise or divine guidance (here, Kṛṣṇa) makes success feel assured.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa with relief and reverence, saying his purpose has succeeded because Kṛṣṇa has arrived just as he wished—implying that Kṛṣṇa’s presence is crucial for counsel and the next course of action in the Sabha Parva context.