Shloka 166

Nahūṣa-Ājagara Saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Definition of Brāhmaṇa and the ‘Vedyam’ Debate

Devanagari script

त्वदर्थयोगप्रभवप्रधाना: शमं करिष्याम परान्‌ समेत्य

Transliteration

tvadarthayogaprabhavapradhānāḥ śamaṃ kariṣyāma parān sametya

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Moved chiefly by the power born of our disciplined resolve for your sake, we shall go forth, confront the opposing party, and bring about peace.”

Word by Word

• त्वदर्थयोगप्रभवप्रधानाḥ: having as chief cause the arising from union for your sake
• त्वदर्थयोगप्रभवप्रधानाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदर्थयोगप्रभवप्रधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शमम्: peace; pacification
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्याम: we shall do/make
• करिष्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Plural

• परान्: the others; the enemies/opponents
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समेत्य: having met; after coming together
• समेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + इ
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun/Lyap), ल्यप् (सम् + इ → समेत्य)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when compelled to meet an opposing side, the higher aim should be śama—pacification and restoration of order—guided by disciplined resolve (yoga) and loyalty to a rightful purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker frames an intended encounter with adversaries not as aggression for its own sake, but as an action undertaken ‘for your sake,’ with the stated goal of bringing about peace after meeting the opposing party.