Mahabharata 7.151.126 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 126

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

त्वद्बुद्धिबलवीर्येण कृतवानेष फाल्गुन: । “जनार्दन! आपकी ही बुद्धि, बल और पराक्रमसे इस अर्जुनने यह देवताओंके लिये भी असम्भव कर्म कर दिखाया है

Transliteration

tvad-buddhi-bala-vīryeṇa kṛtavān eṣa phālgunaḥ |

Translation

Wahai Janārdana, berkat kecerdasan, kekuatan, dan daya kepahlawananmulah Phalguna (Arjuna) ini menuntaskan suatu perbuatan yang mustahil bahkan bagi para dewa.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: from you/through you (as source)
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Panchami, Ekavachana

• बुद्धि: by (your) intellect
• बुद्धि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Strilinga, Trtiya, Ekavachana

• बल: by (your) strength
• बल: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Napumsakalinga, Trtiya, Ekavachana

• वीर्येण: by (your) valor/power
• वीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Napumsakalinga, Trtiya, Ekavachana

• कृतवान्: has done/has accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Prathama, Ekavachana, Pullinga

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Pullinga, Prathama, Ekavachana

• फाल्गुनः: Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Pullinga, Prathama, Ekavachana

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• the gods (devāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights shared agency: extraordinary achievement in dharmic struggle arises from the union of human effort (Arjuna’s action) and higher guidance (Kṛṣṇa’s बुद्धि/strategy and शक्ति). It ethically reframes success as grounded in right counsel and alignment with a greater order, not mere egoic prowess.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, praising Arjuna’s accomplishment as superhuman in scale, while explicitly attributing its possibility to Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa). The statement functions as a narrative emphasis that Kṛṣṇa’s presence and guidance decisively empower the Pāṇḍava side.