Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्वत्कृते सुकृताल्लॉँकान्‌ गच्छेयं भरतर्षभ । या ते शक्तिर्बलं यच्च तत्‌ क्षिप्रं मयि दर्शय

Transliteration

tvatkṛte sukṛtāllokān gaccheyaṃ bharatarṣabha | yā te śaktir balaṃ yac ca tat kṣipraṃ mayi darśaya ||

Translation

“ಓ ಭರತಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನಿನ್ನಿಗಾಗಿ ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಪುಣ್ಯದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಪುಣ್ಯಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇರುವೆನು. ನಿನ್ನ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬಲ ಏನೇ ಇದ್ದರೂ, ಅದನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ತಕ್ಷಣ ತೋರಿಸು.”

Word by Word

त्वत्कृतेfor your sake / because of you

सुकृतात्from (my) merit / good deed

लोकान्worlds (heavenly realms)

गच्छेयम्I would go / may I go

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

याwhich (power)

तेof you / your

शक्तिःpower

बलम्strength

यत्and whatever (it is)

तत्that

क्षिप्रम्quickly

मयिin me / to me

दर्शयshow (you)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bharatarṣabha)

lokāḥ (realms/worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the traditional ethic that faithful service to a rightful superior is itself a source of merit (sukṛta/puṇya), and it links moral action with its fruit—attaining higher “worlds” (lokāḥ). It also underscores the duty of a king to manifest his capacity and resolve when called upon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, invoking the merit he has earned through his association and service, and urges the king to reveal his power and strength immediately—an appeal framed as both a personal wish for spiritual reward and a prompt for decisive action.