Shloka 25

अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna

Devanagari script

जेतारो वृष्णिवीराणां कि पुनर्मानवा रणे | ये अपने कुट॒म्बीजनोंकी अवहेलना नहीं करते हैं। सदा बड़े-बूढ़ोंकी आज्ञामें तत्पर रहते हैं। देवता, असुर, गन्धर्व, यक्ष, नाग और राक्षस भी युद्धमें वृष्णिवीरोंपर विजय नहीं पा सकते; फिर मनुष्य किस गिनतीमें हैं? ।। ब्र्माद्रव्ये गुरुद्रव्ये ज्ञातिस्वे चाप्पहिंसका:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jetāro vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ ki punarmānavā raṇe | ye ’pane kuṭumbījanānām avahēlanāṃ na kurvanti | sadā baḍe-būḍhānām ājñāyāṃ tatparā bhavanti | devatā asurā gandharvā yakṣā nāgā rākṣasāś ca yuddhe vṛṣṇivīrān na jetuṃ śaknuvanti; punaḥ manuṣyāḥ kasya gaṇanāyām? || brahmadravye gurudravye jñātisve cāpy ahiṃsakāḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「ヴリシュニの勇士たちは征服者である—まして戦場の凡人など何ほどのものか。彼らは自らの親族を侮らず、常に長老の命に従うことに心を尽くす。神々、アスラ、ガンダルヴァ、ヤクシャ、ナーガ、ラाक्षसでさえ、戦においてヴリシュニの戦士を打ち破ることはできぬ。まして人間が彼らに並ぶなど、どうして数えられようか。さらに彼らは、バラモンや師、また親族に属する財を害することがない。」

Word by Word

[{'term''sañjaya uvāca', 'definition': 'Sañjaya said (narrator reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)'}, {'term': 'jetāraḥ', 'definition': 'conquerors, victors'}, {'term': 'vṛṣṇi-vīrāṇām', 'definition': 'of the Vṛṣṇi heroes/warriors (Yādava clan

Kṛṣṇa’s people)'}, {'term''mānavāḥ', 'definition': 'human beings, men'}, {'term': 'raṇe', 'definition': 'in battle'}, {'term': 'kuṭumbī-janāḥ', 'definition': 'members of one’s household/kin'}, {'term': 'avahēlanā', 'definition': 'disrespect, slighting, contempt'}, {'term': 'bṛddha (baḍe-būḍhe)', 'definition': 'elders, seniors'}, {'term': 'ājñā', 'definition': 'command, instruction'}, {'term': 'tatpara', 'definition': 'devoted/intent upon, diligently engaged'}, {'term': 'devatāḥ', 'definition': 'gods, divine beings'}, {'term': 'asurāḥ', 'definition': 'asuras, anti-gods/demons'}, {'term': 'gandharvāḥ', 'definition': 'celestial musicians'}, {'term': 'yakṣāḥ', 'definition': 'nature-spirits/guardians of treasures'}, {'term': 'nāgāḥ', 'definition': 'serpent beings'}, {'term': 'rākṣasāḥ', 'definition': 'rākṣasas, man-eating demons/ogres'}, {'term': 'brahma-dravya', 'definition': 'property belonging to Brahmins/sacred trust'}, {'term': 'guru-dravya', 'definition': 'property belonging to one’s teacher/preceptor'}, {'term': 'jñāti-sva', 'definition': 'property of relatives/kinsmen'}, {'term': 'ahiṃsakāḥ', 'definition': 'non-injurers

those who do not harm (heredo not violate others’ rightful property)'}]

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vṛṣṇi warriors (Vṛṣṇivīrāḥ)

Humans (mānavāḥ)

Devas (devatāḥ)

Asuras

Gandharvas

Yakṣas

Nāgas

Rākṣasas

Brahmins (implied by brahma-dravya)

Gurus/teachers (implied by guru-dravya)

Kinsmen/relatives (jñātayaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Martial excellence is presented as inseparable from ethical discipline: honoring kin, obeying elders, and refraining from violating what belongs to Brahmins, teachers, and relatives. The verse links victory in war with restraint and dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, extols the Vṛṣṇi warriors as unconquerable—so formidable that even supernatural beings cannot defeat them—thereby implying that ordinary human opponents stand little chance.