Shloka 33

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

भीमसेनने कहा--राजेन्द्र! ट्रपदकुमार शिखण्डी पितामह भीष्मका वध करनेके लिये ही उत्पन्न हुआ है। यह बात यहाँ पधारे हुए सिद्धों एवं महर्षियोंने बतायी है! संग्रामभूमिमें जब वह अपना दिव्यास्त्र प्रकट करता है

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | sarvasya jagatas tāta sārāsāraṃ balābalam | sarvaṃ jānāti dharmātmā matam eṣāṃ ca keśavaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Querido, Keśava, recto de corazón, conoce en todo el mundo lo que es esencia y lo que es vacío, lo que es fuerza y lo que es debilidad. También comprende plenamente la opinión de todos estos reyes sobre este asunto».

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वस्य: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जगतः: of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तात: dear one / father (voc.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सारम्: essence, good part
• सारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• असारम्: non-essence, worthless part
• असारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अबलम्: weakness
• अबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जानाति: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled (one)
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मतम्: opinion, view
• मतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• केशवः: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• kings (rājānaḥ, implied assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sound leadership requires discernment—knowing what is truly valuable versus hollow, and what is genuine strength versus weakness. Yudhiṣṭhira points to Kṛṣṇa as the one who sees these realities clearly and also understands the collective counsel of the kings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation context, Yudhiṣṭhira defers to Kṛṣṇa’s superior judgment. He states that Kṛṣṇa already knows both the real merits of the situation and the opinions of the assembled rulers, implying that decisions should align with Kṛṣṇa’s informed guidance.