Shloka 100

Devanagari script

यथा हि नो मन्यतेडजातशत्रु: संसिद्धार्थों द्विषतां निग्रहाय | जनार्दनश्चाप्यपरोक्षविद्यो न संशयं पश्यति वृष्णिसिंह:,“अजातशत्रु महाराज युधिष्छिर मानते हैं, मैं अपने शत्रुओंका दमन करनेमें निश्चय सफल होऊझँगा। वृष्णिवंशके पराक्रमी वीर भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको भी सारी विद्याओंका अपरोक्ष ज्ञान है। वे भी हमारे इस मनोरथके सिद्ध होनेमें कोई संदेह नहीं देखते हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yathā hi no manyate 'jātaśatruḥ saṃsiddhārtho dviṣatāṃ nigrahāya |

janārdanaś cāpy aparokṣavidyo na saṃśayaṃ paśyati vṛṣṇisiṃhaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “As Ajātaśatru (King Yudhiṣṭhira) believes, our purpose will indeed be accomplished in the subduing of the hostile; and Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), the lion among the Vṛṣṇis, whose knowledge is direct and immediate, also sees no doubt that this resolve will succeed.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as / as

हिindeed / for

नःof us / our

मन्यतेthinks / believes

अजातशत्रुःAjātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira; lit. one whose enemy is not born)

संसिद्धार्थःone whose purpose is accomplished / successful in aim

द्विषताम्of the enemies

निग्रहायfor subduing / for restraint (suppression)

जनार्दनःJanārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

चand

अपिalso

अपरोक्षविद्यःone having direct (immediate) knowledge of the sciences/knowledges

नnot

संशयम्doubt

पश्यतिsees / perceives

वृष्णिसिंहःthe lion among the Vṛṣṇis (Kṛṣṇa)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Ajātaśatru)

Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana, Vṛṣṇisiṃha)

Vṛṣṇi dynasty

Enemies/foes (dviṣat)

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 steadfast resolve guided by dharma and validated by higher insight: Yudhiṣṭhira’s confidence in a just objective is reinforced by Kṛṣṇa’s direct, doubt-free discernment, suggesting that ethical purpose and clear wisdom remove hesitation in critical action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yudhiṣṭhira expects success in restraining the hostile, and that Kṛṣṇa—renowned for direct knowledge—also foresees no uncertainty about the fulfillment of this plan.