Shloka 16

Devanagari script

महाबाहो! आप वहाँ केवल जानेमात्रसे धर्मराजके अभीष्ट मनोरथको सिद्ध कर देंगे; इसमें संशय नहीं है ।। विदुरश्नैव भीष्मश्न द्रोणश्न सहबाह्विक: । श्रेय: समर्था विज्ञातुमुच्यमानास्त्वयानघ,निष्पाप श्रीकृष्ण! विदुर, भीष्म, द्रोणाचार्य तथा बाह्नीक--ये आपके बतानेपर कल्याणकारी मार्गको समझनेमें समर्थ हैं

Transliteration

Mahābāho! āpa vahāṁ kevala jāne-mātrase dharmarājakē abhīṣṭa manorathako siddha kara dēṅgē; isameṁ saṁśaya nahīṁ. Viduraś caiva Bhīṣmaś ca Droṇaś ca saha Bāhlīkaḥ; śreyaḥ samarthā vijñātum ucyamānās tvayānagha, niṣpāpa Śrīkṛṣṇa!

Translation

Nakula berkata: “Wahai yang berlengan perkasa, hanya dengan pergi ke sana engkau akan menuntaskan hasrat Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira; tiada keraguan. Dan Vidura, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, beserta Bāhlīka—wahai Śrī Kṛṣṇa yang tak bercela dan suci—mampu memahami jalan kesejahteraan sejati (śreyas) bila engkau menjelaskannya.”

Word by Word

• {'mahābāho': 'O mighty-armed one

• an honorific implying strength and capability', 'kevala-jāna-mātrāt': 'by the mere act of going

• simply by arriving/presenting oneself', 'dharmarāja': 'King of Dharma

• epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira', 'abhīṣṭa': 'desired, cherished, longed-for', 'manoratha': 'aim, intention, heartfelt purpose', 'siddha kar-': 'to accomplish, bring to fulfillment', 'saṁśaya': 'doubt, uncertainty', 'ca eva': 'and indeed

• emphatic conjunction', 'saha': 'together with', 'śreyaḥ': 'the good, true welfare

• the ethically superior course', 'samarthāḥ': 'capable, competent', 'vijñātum': 'to understand, to discern clearly', 'ucyamāna': 'being spoken/explained', 'tvayā': 'by you (instrumental)

• through your agency', 'anagha': 'O blameless one

• free from fault', 'niṣpāpa': 'sinless

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Vidura
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Bāhlīka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral clarity (śreyas) is best grasped when articulated by a person of recognized integrity; Kṛṣṇa’s mere presence and counsel can align even powerful elders toward the truly beneficial course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula urges Kṛṣṇa to go to the Kuru assembly, confident that Kṛṣṇa will fulfill Yudhiṣṭhira’s aim; he adds that senior figures—Vidura, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and Bāhlīka—can understand the welfare-path if Kṛṣṇa explains it.