Shloka 303

Devanagari script

उपदेक्ष्याम्युपायं ते येन तं प्रसहिष्यसि । तुम्हें वैकर्तन कर्णके विषयमें चिन्ता करनेकी आवश्यकता नहीं है। मैं तुम्हें ऐसा उपाय बताऊँगा, जिससे तुम उसका सामना कर सकोगे

Transliteration

upadekṣyāmy upāyaṃ te yena taṃ prasahiṣyasi |

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Aku akan mengajarkan kepadamu suatu cara agar engkau mampu menahannya dengan kekuatan. Jangan gelisah tentang Vaikartana Karṇa; akan kukatakan kepadamu sebuah upaya yang nyata, sehingga engkau dapat menghadapinya.”

Word by Word

• उपदेक्ष्यामि: I will instruct / I will tell
• उपदेक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपदिश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 1st, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• उपायम्: means, method, device
• उपायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रसहिष्यसि: you will overpower / you will be able to face
• प्रसहिष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 2nd, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Karna (Vaikartana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anxiety in a crisis should be replaced by clear instruction and practical means (upāya). The verse frames divine counsel as a way to steady the mind and enable rightful action in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a warrior facing the formidable Karṇa, promising to reveal a method by which the listener can confront and withstand him, shifting the focus from fear to strategy.