Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यस्य वीर्येण सहसा चत्वारो भुवि पाण्डवा:

Transliteration

yasya vīryeṇa sahasā catvāro bhuvi pāṇḍavāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “By whose prowess, in a sudden surge of might, the four Pāṇḍava brothers on earth (were able to act with decisive force).”

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• वीर्येण: by (his) valor/power
• वीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• सहसा: suddenly/forcibly/at once
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth’)
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavāḥ (the four Pāṇḍava brothers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the ethical weight of vīrya (heroic power): decisive action in the world often depends on the strength and character of a central figure, implying that power should be aligned with dharma rather than mere impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing events and attributing the Pāṇḍavas’ effective, forceful capability to the prowess of a particular person (implied by “whose”), setting up praise or explanation of that figure’s decisive influence.