Shloka 66

Devanagari script

उवाच माधव: काले धर्मपुत्र॑ युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । दिष्ट्या जयसि कौरव्य दिष्ट्या भीष्मो निपातित:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | uvāca mādhavaḥ kāle dharmaputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram | diṣṭyā jayasi kauravya diṣṭyā bhīṣmo nipātitaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: En el momento oportuno, Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) se dirigió a Dharmaputra Yudhiṣṭhira: “¡Dichoso eres, oh vástago de los Kurus: estás prevaleciendo! Y, del mismo modo, por buena fortuna, Bhīṣma ha sido abatido.” Con estas palabras, el hecho del campo de batalla no se presenta solo como éxito táctico, sino como un giro permitido por el destino, cargado de peso ético, pues el caído es el anciano venerado y guardián del dharma de los Kurus.

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माधवः: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काले: at the (proper) time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रम्: the son of Dharma (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• जयसि: you win/are victorious
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौरव्य: O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निपातितः: has been felled/caused to fall
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive sense

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru lineage (Kauravya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in righteous warfare, outcomes are portrayed as dependent on ‘diṣṭi’ (destiny/fortune), reminding leaders like Yudhiṣṭhira to temper triumph with ethical awareness—especially when victory involves the fall of a venerable elder such as Bhīṣma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīṣma has been brought down in battle, Kṛṣṇa approaches Yudhiṣṭhira at an opportune time and declares that Yudhiṣṭhira is prevailing and that Bhīṣma’s fall is a matter of fortune—marking a decisive shift in the war’s momentum.