Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो यदि मया गृह्नीयाद्‌ वचनं मम । अनामयं स्याद्‌ धर्मश्न॒ कुरूणां कुरुवर्धन,कुरुवर्धन! मेरे इस प्रकार समझाने-बुझानेपर यदि वे मेरी बात मान लेते तो कौरवोंमें शान्ति बनी रहती और धर्मका भी पालन होता

Transliteration

evam ukto yadi mayā gṛhṇīyād vacanaṃ mama | anāmayaṃ syād dharmajña kurūṇāṃ kuruvardhana ||

Translation

Seandainya, setelah kuucapkan demikian, ia menerima nasihatku, maka—wahai yang mengetahui dharma, penambah kemuliaan garis Kuru—di antara para Kuru akan ada kesejahteraan, bebas dari malapetaka, dan dharma pun tegak terpelihara.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

यदिif

मयाby me

गृह्णीयात्should accept / would accept

वचनम्word, advice, statement

ममof me, my

अनामयम्well-being, freedom from distress

स्यात्would be

धर्मज्ञO knower of dharma

कुरूणाम्of the Kurus

कुरुवर्धनO increaser of the Kurus

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kurus (Kuru dynasty)

Kuruvardhana (epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous counsel, when accepted, prevents calamity and preserves social order; ignoring dharmic guidance leads to unrest and suffering, especially within a ruling lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva reflects on the outcome that would have followed had his advice been heeded: the Kurus would have remained secure and dharma would have been maintained, addressing a Kuru leader with the honorific ‘Kuruvardhana’ and ‘dharmajña’.