Shloka 166

Devanagari script

वधं चैषां करिष्यन्ति दैवयुक्ता महाबला: । वे दैवप्रेरित महाबली महात्मा पाँचों पाण्डव भी इन भीष्म आदिका सामना करते हुए इनका वध करेंगे

Transliteration

vadhaṃ caiṣāṃ kariṣyanti daivayuktā mahābalāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Empowered by destiny and endowed with great strength, they will bring about the slaying of these men. The sense is that the mighty Pāṇḍavas—moved by a higher dispensation—will confront even formidable elders like Bhīṣma and, in the course of the righteous war, cause their downfall.

Word by Word

• वधम्: killing, slaughter
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do / will accomplish
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दैवयुक्ताः: joined with fate/divine aid; fate-endowed
• दैवयुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाबलाः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the coming destruction of great warriors as occurring under daiva (a higher dispensation), suggesting that even immense human power operates within a moral-cosmic order; in a dharmic conflict, outcomes are portrayed as aligned with destiny rather than mere personal hatred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana states that mighty, fate-impelled heroes will kill ‘these’ opponents; in contextual understanding, this points to the Pāṇḍavas eventually confronting and overcoming even towering figures such as Bhīṣma in the great war.