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Shloka 52

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

न चाकरोत्‌ स ठठद्दाक्यं प्राप्ते काले श्रुतायुध: । स तया वीरघातिन्या जनार्दनमताडयत्‌,परंतु काल आ जानेपर श्रुतायुधने वरुणदेवके उक्त आदेशका पालन नहीं किया। उन्होंने उस वीरघातिनी गदाके द्वारा भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको चोट पहुँचायी

na cākarot sa tat tad vākyaṃ prāpte kāle śrutāyudhaḥ | sa tayā vīraghātinyā janārdanam atāḍayat |

サンジャヤは言った。「だが決定の時が来ても、シュルターユダはその戒めに従わなかった。かえって、英雄を屠るその棍棒を振るい、ジャナールダナ(クリシュナ)を打ったのである。この出来事は、戦の熱にまぎれて神より授かった自制を踏み外すことが、いかに倫理の過ちとなって破滅を招くかを示している。たとえ並外れた力を持っていても、である。」

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
akarotdid / performed
akarot:
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ
FormLuṅ (Aorist, simple past), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Roottad (sa)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
tadthat
tad:
Karma
TypePronoun
Roottad
Formneuter, accusative, singular
vākyamword / command
vākyam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootvākya
Formneuter, accusative, singular
prāptewhen (it was) reached / arrived
prāpte:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootprāp (√āp + pra) / prāpta
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, singular
kāleat the time
kāle:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootkāla
Formmasculine, locative, singular
śrutāyudhaḥŚrutāyudha (proper name)
śrutāyudhaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootśrutāyudha
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Roottad (sa)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
tayāby that (female thing) / with it
tayā:
Karana
TypePronoun
Roottad (sā)
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
vīraghātinyāslaying heroes
vīraghātinyā:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootvīraghātinī
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
janārdanamJanārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
janārdanam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootjanārdana
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
atāḍayatstruck / hit
atāḍayat:
TypeVerb
Roottaḍ
FormLuṅ (Aorist, simple past), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Ś
Śrutāyudha
J
Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
G
Gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

Power in war must be governed by dharma and by the conditions of boons or divine commands; violating a known restraint at the crucial moment becomes an ethical failure that leads to destructive consequences.

Śrutāyudha, despite having an instruction to follow at the critical time, fails to comply and uses his deadly mace to strike Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), intensifying the moral and karmic stakes of the battle episode.