Shloka 63

Devanagari script

न हनिष्यति कौन्तेयान्‌ पक्षपातात्‌ सुयोधन । सवनिव हनिष्यामि व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वर:,जिसने मेरे पुत्रसे कहा था कि दुर्योधन! यदि युद्धकी श्लाघा रखनेवाले भीष्म अथवा रणदुर्मद द्रोणाचार्य पक्षपात करनेके कारण कुन्तीपुत्रोंकोी नहीं मारेंगे तो मैं उन सबको मार डालूँगा। तुम्हारी मानसिक चिन्ता दूर हो जानी चाहिये

Transliteration

na haniṣyati kaunteyān pakṣapātāt suyodhana | savan iva haniṣyāmi vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : « Ô Suyodhana, par favoritisme ils ne tueront pas les fils de Kuntī. Aussi les tuerai-je tous moi-même ; que la fièvre de ton souci s’éteigne. »

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'na', 'definition': 'not'}, {'term': 'haniṣyati', 'definition': 'will kill/slay (future, 3rd sg.)'}, {'term': 'kaunteyān', 'definition': 'the sons/descendants of Kuntī

• the Pāṇḍavas (acc. pl.)'}, {'term': 'pakṣapātāt', 'definition': 'from partiality, favoritism, taking a side (abl. sg.)'}, {'term': 'suyodhana', 'definition': 'Suyodhana, i.e., Duryodhana (voc. sg.)'}, {'term': 'haniṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I will kill/slay (future, 1st sg.)'}, {'term': 'vyetu', 'definition': 'may it depart

• let it be removed (optative/benedictive sense)'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'your (gen. sg.)'}, {'term': 'mānasaḥ', 'definition': 'mental, of the mind'}, {'term': 'jvaraḥ', 'definition': 'fever

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Kaunteyāḥ (sons of Kuntī / Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how perceived partiality in war leadership breeds insecurity and escalates violence: when trusted elders are thought unable to act impartially, a more ruthless agent claims responsibility, promising decisive killing to soothe the ruler’s anxiety—an ethical warning about bias, fear, and the spiral of vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a reassurance addressed to Duryodhana: since the Pāṇḍavas may not be slain by certain warriors due to partiality, the speaker vows to kill the sons of Kuntī himself and urges Duryodhana to abandon his mental distress.