Shloka 26

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

ततः प्रतिकृतं मन्ये विधान सात्यकिं प्रति । एवं निश्चित्य मनसा धर्मपुत्रो युधिषछ्िर:

Transliteration

tataḥ pratikṛtaṃ manye vidhānaṃ sātyakiṃ prati | evaṃ niścitya manasā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಪ್ರತಿಕಾರ-ವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಯಿಸಿ ಧರ್ಮಪುತ್ರ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು (ತನ್ನ ತೀರ್ಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನಾದನು).

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रतिकृतम्retaliation, counter-action

मन्येI think, I consider

विधानम्arrangement, measure, procedure

सात्यकिम्Sātyaki

प्रतिtowards, against, with regard to

एवम्thus, in this way

निश्चित्यhaving ascertained, having decided

मनसाwith (his) mind

धर्मपुत्रःDharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

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?

Even in warfare, action is preceded by inner determination: the verse highlights deliberate decision-making (niścaya) and the tension between strategic necessity and dharmic responsibility, embodied by Yudhiṣṭhira as “Dharmaputra.”

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a counter-plan is formed specifically in response to Sātyaki’s actions, and that Yudhiṣṭhira, after reflecting, reaches a firm decision about the next course of action.