Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अस्याज्ञावशगा: सर्वे भविष्यन्ति नराधिपा: । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य वायोरिव शरीरिण:,“जैसे सब देहधारी समस्त प्राणियोंके आत्मारूप वायुदेवके अधीन होते हैं, उसी प्रकार सभी नरेश इसकी आज्ञाके अधीन होंगे

Transliteration

asyājñāvaśagāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti narādhipāḥ | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya vāyor iva śarīriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Tous les rois se placeront sous son commandement, comme tout être incarné est régi par Vāyu—âme de tous les vivants—qui se meut dans le corps et en soutient la vie.

Word by Word

अस्यof this (one)

आज्ञा-वश-गाःobedient; under the command

सर्वेall

भविष्यन्तिwill become / will be

नर-अधिपाःkings; rulers of men

सर्व-भूत-आत्म-भूतस्यof (him/it) who has become the self of all beings

वायोःof the wind (Vāyu)

इवlike; as

शरीरिणःembodied beings

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

narādhipāḥ (kings)

Vāyu (wind/vital air)

sarvabhūta (all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that rightful, dharma-aligned authority can be as universally binding as a natural law: just as the vital wind governs embodied life from within, so a legitimate ruler’s command can bring other rulers into orderly compliance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa is describing the extent of a particular person’s sovereignty, asserting that other kings will become subject to his command, illustrated through the analogy of all embodied beings depending upon and being governed by Vāyu (the vital air).