Shloka 63

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

न हनिष्यति कौन्तेयान्‌ पक्षपातात्‌ सुयोधन । सवनिव हनिष्यामि व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वर:

Transliteration

na haniṣyati kaunteyān pakṣapātāt suyodhana | savan iva haniṣyāmi vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「スヨーダナよ、偏りのために彼らはクンティーの子らを討たぬ。ゆえに私が自ら皆を討ち果たそう――おまえの心の憂いの熱は去れ。」

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'na', 'definition': 'not'}, {'term': 'haniṣyati', 'definition': 'will kill/slay (future, 3rd sg.)'}, {'term': 'kaunteyān', 'definition': 'the sons/descendants of Kuntī

• the Pāṇḍavas (acc. pl.)'}, {'term': 'pakṣapātāt', 'definition': 'from partiality, favoritism, taking a side (abl. sg.)'}, {'term': 'suyodhana', 'definition': 'Suyodhana, i.e., Duryodhana (voc. sg.)'}, {'term': 'haniṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I will kill/slay (future, 1st sg.)'}, {'term': 'vyetu', 'definition': 'may it depart

• let it be removed (optative/benedictive sense)'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'your (gen. sg.)'}, {'term': 'mānasaḥ', 'definition': 'mental, of the mind'}, {'term': 'jvaraḥ', 'definition': 'fever

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Kaunteyāḥ (sons of Kuntī / Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how perceived partiality in war leadership breeds insecurity and escalates violence: when trusted elders are thought unable to act impartially, a more ruthless agent claims responsibility, promising decisive killing to soothe the ruler’s anxiety—an ethical warning about bias, fear, and the spiral of vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a reassurance addressed to Duryodhana: since the Pāṇḍavas may not be slain by certain warriors due to partiality, the speaker vows to kill the sons of Kuntī himself and urges Duryodhana to abandon his mental distress.