Shloka 19

Devanagari script

स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशय: । “राजाओ! केशी दैत्यका वध करनेवाले अनन्त-पराक्रमी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी मेरे द्वारा जो पूजा की गयी है, उसे आपलोगोंमेंसे जो सहन न कर सकें, उन सब बलवानोंके मस्तकपर मैंने यह पैर रख दिया। मैंने खूब सोच-समझकर यह बात कही है। जो इसका उत्तर देना चाहे, वह सामने आ जाय। मेरे द्वारा वह वधके योग्य होगा; इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Indeed, that very man will be slain by me—of this there is no doubt.” (This line seals the speaker’s vow of retribution in the wake of an affront, framing the moment as a public challenge and a declaration of inevitable punishment.)

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

एवindeed/only

हिfor/indeed

मयाby me

वध्यःto be slain / fit to be killed

भविष्यतिwill be

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 underscores the binding force of a public vow in a royal-ethical setting: when honor is challenged, the speaker asserts certain punishment, presenting retribution as inevitable rather than optional.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a climactic moment of confrontation: a figure issues a decisive threat—declaring that the offender will be killed by him without doubt—thereby escalating the dispute into an open challenge.