Shloka 26

Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure

Devanagari script

यथैतान्यकृथा: पार्थ महाकर्माणि वै पुरा

Transliteration

yathaitāny akṛthāḥ pārtha mahākarmāṇi vai purā

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O Pārtha, just as you formerly accomplished these mighty deeds…”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अकृथाः: you did / you have done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Second, Singular

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाकर्माणि: great deeds
• महाकर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पुरा: formerly, in the past
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line invokes remembrance of earlier righteous prowess: recalling one’s past great actions is used as moral encouragement to act with steadiness and responsibility, rather than being overwhelmed by fear, grief, or hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana continues the narration by addressing (or reporting an address to) Arjuna as “Pārtha,” beginning a recollection of Arjuna’s former mighty exploits—setting up a comparison between past heroism and the present crisis in the aftermath of the night massacre (Sauptika events).