Shloka 23

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

अयं कुरून्‌ रणे सर्वान्‌ हन्तुमुत्सहते प्रभु:

Transliteration

ayaṃ kurūn raṇe sarvān hantum utsahate prabhuḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This mighty lord is prepared to slay all the Kurus in battle.” The line underscores a grave moral tension: the readiness to pursue victory through total destruction of one’s own kin, a choice that tests the bounds of kṣatriya duty and the ethical cost of war.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• हन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral in infinitive)

• उत्सहते: is able / dares / undertakes
• उत्सहते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Lat, Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• प्रभुः: the lord / mighty one
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kurus