Shloka 24

Devanagari script

समाप्तमद्य वै कर्म सर्व कृष्ण भविष्यति

Transliteration

samāptam adya vai karma sarvaṃ kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyati

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, indeed, the entire course of action will reach its conclusion; all that is to come will now unfold under Kṛṣṇa’s determining will.”

Word by Word

• समाप्तम्: completed, finished
• समाप्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+आप्+त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

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

• कर्म: deed, act, task
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sense that decisive moments in dharmic conflict culminate under a higher guidance: human effort reaches its limit, and outcomes are seen as unfolding according to Kṛṣṇa’s directing will.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, signals that the day’s actions are coming to a decisive close and that what follows will be shaped by Kṛṣṇa’s intervention and strategy in the unfolding war.