Shloka 20

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

युधि पञ्चजन हत्वा दैत्यं पातालवासिनम्‌ | पाज्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो दिव्यं शड्खमवाप्तवान्‌

Transliteration

yudhi pañcajana hatvā daityaṃ pātālavāsinam | pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo divyaṃ śaṅkham avāptavān ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນສົງຄາມ, ຫຼັງຈາກສັງຫານອະສຸຣະປັນຈະຈະນະ ຜູ້ອາໄສຢູ່ປາຕາລ, ພຣະຫຣິສີເກສະ (ພຣະກຣິດສະນະ) ໄດ້ຮັບສັງຂະທິບຊື່ ປານຈະຈັນຍະ»។ ເຫດການນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ເຄື່ອງໝາຍທິບບໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອປະດັບພາຍນອກ: ມັນໄດ້ມາດ້ວຍການຊະນະພະລັງທີ່ທຳລາຍ ແລະ ກາຍເປັນເຄື່ອງປຸກໃຈຝ່າຍທຳມະໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चजनम्: Pañcajana (name of a being)
• पञ्चजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चजन (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite

• दैत्यम्: the Daitya (demon)
• दैत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पातालवासिनम्: dwelling in Pātāla (the netherworld)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातालवासिन् (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाञ्चजन्यम्: Pāñcajanya (conch)
• पाञ्चजन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हृषीकेशः: Hṛṣīkeśa (Krishna)
• हृषीकेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शङ्खम्: conch
• शङ्खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्तवान्: obtained / acquired
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: क्तवत् (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pañcajana (Daitya)
• Pātāla
• Pāñcajanya (conch)
• Śaṅkha (conch)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous power is portrayed as disciplined and earned: sacred emblems like the conch are gained through confronting and overcoming harmful forces, and then used to uphold dharma by inspiring and organizing the righteous in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa) slew the netherworld-dwelling demon Pañcajana and thereby obtained the divine conch called Pāñcajanya, a famed war-signal associated with him.