Shloka 12

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

न हि त्वं नाभिजानासि मम विक्रममच्युत

Transliteration

na hi tvaṁ nābhijānāsi mama vikramam acyuta

Translation

ಹೇ ಅಚ್ಯುತ! ನನ್ನ ವಿಕ್ರಮದ ನಿಜವಾದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನು ನೀನು ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• अभिजानासि: you know/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-ज्ञा
• Form: present, second, singular, parasmaipada

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विक्रमम्: valor/heroic prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अच्युत: O Acyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension between restraint and righteous action: Bhīma insists that when dharma is threatened, decisive strength and accountability must not be discounted, even by trusted counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the lead-up to the Kurukṣetra conflict, Bhīma addresses Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta), asserting that Kṛṣṇa does not fully grasp the extent of Bhīma’s martial power and determination—an emphatic push toward firm action rather than delay.