Shloka 176

Devanagari script

न तेषां मानुषो जेता त्वदन्य इह विद्यते । श्रीकृष्ण बोले--गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुन! तुमने अपने धनुषसे जिन-जिन वीरोंपर विजय पायी है, उन्हें जीतनेवाला इस संसारमें तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कोई मनुष्य नहीं है

Transliteration

na teṣāṁ mānuṣo jetā tvadanya iha vidyate |

Translation

ನೀನು ನಿನ್ನ ಧನುಷ್ಯದ ಬಲದಿಂದ ಜಯಿಸಿದ ಆ ವೀರರನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸುವ ಮಾನವನು ಈ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೊರತು ಮತ್ತಾರೂ ಇಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

नnot

तेषाम्of them

मानुषःa man; human (person)

जेताconqueror; victor

त्वत्than you; from you

अन्यःanother

इहhere; in this world

विद्यतेexists; is found

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Arjuna (implied by address in the cited Hindi gloss: Gāṇḍīvadhārī Arjuna)

Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna’s bow; from the gloss)

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?

Exceptional capability brings exceptional responsibility: Vāyu’s praise highlights that Arjuna’s victories are uniquely his among humans, implying that such power must be exercised with disciplined judgment and adherence to kṣatriya-dharma rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses Arjuna and affirms that no other human can defeat the warriors Arjuna has already conquered with his bow, emphasizing Arjuna’s singular status on the battlefield and strengthening his resolve amid the pressures of the Karṇa Parva conflict.