Shloka 102

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ वचनमाज्ञाय मम सत्यपराक्रम

Transliteration

etad vacanam ājñāya mama satyaparākrama

Translation

युधिष्ठिर बोले—“हे सत्यपराक्रम! मेरे इन वचनों को समझकर…”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech; statement; words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आज्ञाय: having known; having understood
• आज्ञाय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सत्य-पराक्रम: O you of true valor
• सत्य-पराक्रम: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds an ethical ideal: true heroism is not mere force but valor disciplined by truth (satya). Yudhiṣṭhira’s address frames action as accountable to truthful counsel and dharmic intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking and begins a directive or appeal: he asks the addressed person—praised as “truth-valiant” (satyaparākrama)—to act after understanding Yudhiṣṭhira’s words. The verse functions as an introductory half-line leading into the next instruction.