Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तथाप्यहं नरव्याप्रं शैनेयं सत्यविक्रमम्‌ । साहाय्ये विनियोक्ष्यामि नास्ति मे5न्यो हि तत्सम:,तस्य त्वमेवं संकल्पं न वृथा कर्तुमरहसि । धनंजयस्य वाष्णेय मम भीमस्य चोभयो: वार्ष्षय! अर्जुनका, मेरा, भीमसेनका तथा दोनों माद्रीकुमारोंका तुम्हारे विषयमें जो वैसा संकल्प है, उसे तुम्हें व्यर्थ नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

tathāpy ahaṃ naravyāghraṃ śaineyaṃ satyavikramaṃ | sāhāyye viniyokṣyāmi nāsti me 'nyo hi tatsamaḥ || tasya tvam evaṃ saṃkalpaṃ na vṛthā kartum arhasi | dhanaṃjayasya vāṣṇeya mama bhīmasya cobhayoḥ mādrīkumarayoḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Even so, O tiger among men, I shall appoint Śaineya—whose valor is proven and true—to aid us; for I have no other equal to him. Therefore, O Vāṣṇeya, you should not allow this resolve to become fruitless—the resolve that Arjuna, I, Bhīma, and both the sons of Mādrī have formed concerning you.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tathāpi', 'definition': 'even so

• nevertheless'}, {'term': 'naravyāghra', 'definition': 'tiger among men

• a heroic epithet'}, {'term': 'śaineya', 'definition': 'son/descendant of Śini

• an epithet used for Sātyaki'}, {'term': 'satyavikrama', 'definition': 'of true/proven valor

• whose prowess is reliable'}, {'term': 'sāhāyya', 'definition': 'assistance

• aid'}, {'term': 'viniyokṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I will assign

• I will deploy (to a task)'}, {'term': 'na asti me anyaḥ', 'definition': 'I have no other (person)'}, {'term': 'tatsamaḥ', 'definition': 'equal to him/that'}, {'term': 'saṃkalpa', 'definition': 'resolve

• firm decision'}, {'term': 'na vṛthā kartum arhasi', 'definition': 'you should not make (it) futile/fruitless'}, {'term': 'dhanaṃjaya', 'definition': 'Arjuna (conqueror of wealth)'}, {'term': 'vāṣṇeya', 'definition': 'descendant of Vṛṣṇi

• an epithet (commonly of Kṛṣṇa, also used within the Vṛṣṇi line)'}, {'term': 'bhīma', 'definition': 'Bhīmasena'}, {'term': 'mādrīkumarau', 'definition': 'the two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva)'}]

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Arjuna (Dhanaṃjaya)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Mādrī
• Vāṣṇeya (epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A leader must translate collective resolve into effective action: Yudhiṣṭhira commits to deploying a proven ally (Śaineya/Sātyaki) and urges that the shared vow of the Pāṇḍavas regarding the addressed Vāṣṇeya not be rendered futile. The ethical emphasis is on steadfastness, reliability, and honoring commitments in a crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Drona Parva’s battlefield pressures, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks to a Vṛṣṇi hero (addressed as Vāṣṇeya), stating he will assign Śaineya (Sātyaki) for support because no one equals him for that task, and he insists that the plan/resolve held by Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twin sons of Mādrī concerning the addressee must not fail.