Shloka 553

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

युवां विजयिनौ चापि दिष्ट्या पश्यामि संयुगे । 'युद्धमें सारे भूपाल पराजित हो गये और संग्राम-भूमिमें मैं तुम दोनोंको विजयी देख रहा हूँ--यह बड़े हर्षका विषय है

Transliteration

yuvāṁ vijayinau cāpi diṣṭyā paśyāmi saṁyuge |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Par heureuse fortune, je vous vois tous deux vainqueurs dans la bataille. Tous les rois ont été vaincus dans le combat, et vous voir l’un et l’autre debout, victorieux sur le champ, est un sujet de grande joie.»

Word by Word

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Dual

• विजयिनौ: victorious
• विजयिनौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the two victors (yuvām)
• kings (bhūpāla, implied by the accompanying gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the role of fortune (diṣṭyā) in human outcomes: even amid martial effort, victory is acknowledged as something granted or permitted by providence, and the narrator frames success with gratitude rather than mere pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that he sees two warriors standing victorious in the ongoing battle; he notes that many kings have been defeated and expresses joy at the sight of their triumph on the battlefield.