Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एष विग्रहवान्‌ धर्म एष वीर्यवर्तां वर: । एष बुद्धपबाधिको लोके तपसां च परायणम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa vigrahavān dharma eṣa vīryavartāṁ varaḥ | eṣa buddhapabādhiko loke tapasāṁ ca parāyaṇam ||

Translation

Arjuna dit : «Voici le Dharma incarné ; voici le premier des vaillants. En ce monde, il est le plus haut en discernement et le refuge suprême des ascètes et de l’austérité.»

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विग्रहवान्: embodied, having a form
• विग्रहवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्रहवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: Dharma, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्यवताम्: of the valiant/strong
• वीर्यवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best, the श्रेष्ठ
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धप्रबाधिकः: one who surpasses (others) in intellect
• बुद्धप्रबाधिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धप्रबाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तपसाम्: of austerities/penances
• तपसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• परायणम्: supreme refuge, ultimate resort
• परायणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परायण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dharma (as an embodied principle/person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True greatness unites embodied dharma (moral integrity) with vīrya (courage) and buddhi (discernment), and becomes a refuge for those devoted to tapas—suggesting that power is ethically legitimate only when grounded in righteousness and wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is praising a figure before him as the very embodiment of Dharma—declaring him the best among the brave and the foremost in wisdom, worthy of reverence as the support and ideal of ascetic discipline.