Shloka 41

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

तेन सम्भाविता नित्यं परवीर्योपजीविना

Transliteration

tena sambhāvitā nityaṃ paravīryopajīvinā

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವನಿಂದ ಅವರು ಸದಾ ಗೌರವಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಪೋಷಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರು—ಇತರರ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿ ಬದುಕುವವನಿಂದ.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्भाविता: honoured/respected
• सम्भाविता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भावित (सम् + भावय्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• परवीर्योपजीविना: by one who lives on another's prowess
• परवीर्योपजीविना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवीर्योपजीविन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral risk of living on borrowed power: honor and security gained through dependence on another’s strength can erode autonomy and dharmic integrity, especially in the pressures of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues describing a relationship or situation in which someone is continually honored/maintained by another person characterized as ‘living by others’ valor,’ indicating patronage, dependence, and the social dynamics that shape conduct on the battlefield.