Shloka 2
Devanagari script
यस्य प्रसादात् कुर्वन्ति कर्माणि पुरुषर्षभा: । अमानुषाणि संग्रामे देवेरसुकराणि च
Transliteration
yasya prasādāt kurvanti karmāṇi puruṣarṣabhāḥ | amānuṣāṇi saṅgrāme deva-irasu-karāṇi ca
Translation
ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「いかなる者の加護によって、あの雄牛のごとき勇士たちは戦場で人の域を超えた業を成し遂げるのか——神々やアスラでさえ容易には為し得ぬ武勲を？」
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रसादात्from (his) favor/grace
प्रसादात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
कुर्वन्तिthey do/perform
कुर्वन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
कर्माणिdeeds/actions
कर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
पुरुषर्षभाःbulls among men, best of men
पुरुषर्षभाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषर्षभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अमानुषाणिnon-human, superhuman
अमानुषाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअमानुष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
संग्रामेin battle
संग्रामे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंग्राम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
असुकराणिvery difficult, not easy
असुकराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुकर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraP
puruṣarṣabhāḥ (foremost warriors)D
devasA
asurasS
saṅgrāma (battle)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring idea that extraordinary success in war is not merely personal prowess but is often attributed to a higher enabling force—grace, destiny, or divine support—prompting ethical reflection on agency and responsibility.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing of astonishing battlefield exploits, asks who is the source of such power—by whose favor the leading warriors perform superhuman acts, seemingly difficult even for gods and asuras.