Shloka 8

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 58: Yudhiṣṭhira’s dawn rites, royal gifts, and the reception of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

नो यन्तारं धुरस्तस्य कज्चिदन्यं प्रजापति:

Transliteration

no yantāraṃ dhuras tasya kaścid anyaṃ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಆ ಭಾರವನ್ನು ಹೊರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಾರಥಿ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಯೇ ಅದನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ನಡೆಸಿ, ಸ್ಥಿರಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

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

• उ: indeed/also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• यन्तारम्: driver, controller
• यन्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धुरः: of the yoke/burden
• धुरः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुर्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That ultimate control and the bearing of the heaviest burdens belong to the divine ordainer (Prajāpati), not to any merely human agent; this encourages humility, accountability, and restraint in action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada delivers a reflective assertion about who truly ‘drives’ or sustains a great burden, shifting attention from human strategizing in war to the higher cosmic governance behind events.