Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कौरवान्‌ समरे राजन्‌ प्रतियुध्यस्व भारत | पज्चमे दिवसे तात पृथिवी ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

kauravān samare rājan pratiyudhyasva bhārata | pañcame divase tāta pṛthivī te bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Vyāsa dit : «Ô roi, ô Bhārata, tiens-toi debout et combats les Kaurava sur le champ de bataille. Mon enfant bien-aimé, au cinquième jour la terre—ton royaume et ta souveraineté—sera à toi.»

Word by Word

• कौरवान्: the Kauravas
• कौरवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रतियुध्यस्व: fight against (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पञ्चमे: on the fifth
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तात: O dear one / O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be / will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Kauravas
• Bhārata (addressee)
• the king (rājan)
• earth/kingdom (pṛthivī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A kṣatriya is urged to uphold dharma through steadfast courage in a just battle; rightful sovereignty is presented as attainable through disciplined effort, supported by a seer’s assurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a kingly Bhārata hero, exhorting him to fight the Kauravas and foretelling that within five days the realm (pṛthivī) will come under his control.