Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अद्य तेडहं रणे दर्प सर्व नाशयिता नृप । राज्याशां विपुलां राजन्‌ पाण्डवेषु च दुष्कृतम्‌,“नरेश्वर! आज रणभूमिमें मैं तेरा सारा घमंड चूर्ण कर दूँगा। राजन! तेरे मनमें राज्य पानेकी जो बड़ी भारी लालसा है, उसका तथा पाण्डवोंपर तेरे द्वारा किये जानेवाले अत्याचारोंका भी अन्त कर डालूँगा'

Transliteration

adya teḍahaṃ raṇe darpa sarva nāśayitā nṛpa | rājyāśāṃ vipulāṃ rājan pāṇḍaveṣu ca duṣkṛtam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, O king, on the battlefield I shall crush all your pride. And, O ruler, I shall bring to an end your vast craving for sovereignty, as well as the wrongdoing you have committed against the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

तेof you/your

अहम्I

रणेin battle

दर्पम्pride, arrogance

सर्वम्entire, all

नाशयिताdestroyer (I will be the one who destroys)

नृपO king

राज्याशाम्desire for the kingdom

विपुलाम्great, abundant

राजन्O king

पाण्डवेषुtowards/among the Pandavas

चand

दुष्कृतम्wrongdoing, evil deed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

nṛpa/rājan (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the frame narrative)

Pāṇḍavas

raṇa (battlefield)

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?

The verse frames war not merely as physical combat but as moral consequence: arrogance (darpa) and unjust ambition (rājyāśā) culminate in downfall, and wrongdoing (duṣkṛta) against the righteous invites decisive retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Sañjaya’s report to the blind king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a warrior’s vow is conveyed: on that very day he will shatter the opponent’s pride, end his overreaching desire for the kingdom, and terminate the injustices inflicted upon the Pāṇḍavas.