Shloka 22

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे समाश्रित्य महात्मन: । वनवासान्निवृत्ता: सम न च युद्धेषु निर्जिता:,“इस महामनस्वी वीरके बाहुबलका आश्रय लेकर हम सब भाई वनवाससे सकुशल लौटे हैं और युद्धोंमें कभी पराजित नहीं हुए हैं

Transliteration

yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve samāśritya mahātmanaḥ | vanavāsān nivṛttāḥ sma na ca yuddheṣu nirjitāḥ ||

Translation

ಆ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ವೀರನ ಭುಜಬಲವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ನಾವು ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಹೋದರರೂ ವನವಾಸದಿಂದ ಕ್ಷೇಮವಾಗಿ ಮರಳಿದ್ದೇವೆ; ಯುದ್ಧಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಸೋಲಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

यस्यwhose

बाहुबलम्strength of (his) arms

सर्वेall (of us)

समाश्रित्यhaving taken refuge in / relying on

महात्मनःof the great-souled (hero)

वनवासात्from exile in the forest

निवृत्ताःreturned / having come back

स्मindeed / (past-tense particle)

नnot

चand

युद्धेषुin battles

निर्जिताःdefeated / conquered (i.e., having been defeated)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the great-souled hero (unnamed in this verse)

we/all of us (collective group)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical and social reality of reliance on a capable protector: collective safety and success are attributed to the steadfast strength of a single great-souled leader, implying gratitude, loyalty, and the responsibility that accompanies power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a boastful or affirming recollection: the group claims they endured forest exile and returned unharmed, and that they have not been defeated in battles—crediting these outcomes to the arm-strength of a renowned hero on whom they depended.