Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यदि तावच्छमं कुर्यानन्‍्यायेन कुरुपुड्रव: । न भवेत्‌ कुरुपाण्डूनां सौभ्रात्रेण महान्‌ क्षय:

Transliteration

yadi tāvacchamaṃ kuryān nyāyena kurupuṅgavaḥ | na bhavet kurupāṇḍūnāṃ saubhrātreṇa mahān kṣayaḥ ||

Translation

もし今なお、クル族の雄が正義（ダルマ）にかなって和を結ぶなら、兄弟の縁ゆえにクルとパーンダヴァの間に大いなる滅びは起こらぬであろう。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• तावत्: so much; then; in that case
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्

• शमम्: peace; pacification
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्यात्: should do; would make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न्यायेन: by justice; according to right
• न्यायेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कुरुपुङ्गवः: the bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)
• कुरुपुङ्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भवेत्: would be; would happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुपाण्डूनाम्: of the Kurus and the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सौभ्रात्रेण: by brotherly feeling; by fraternal amity
• सौभ्रात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभ्रात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षयः: destruction; ruin; slaughter
• क्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Kuru
• Pāṇḍava
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace grounded in justice (nyāya) is presented as the dharmic path for a ruler; accepting a fair settlement prevents catastrophic, kin-driven destruction and preserves social and familial order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva argues that if the Kuru leader—implicitly Duryodhana—would agree to a just peace, the impending war between closely related Kurus and Pāṇḍavas could be averted, avoiding massive loss born from fraternal entanglement.