Shloka 723

Devanagari script

त्वं हि सर्वगुणैर्युक्तो दैवतेभ्योडघिक: प्रभो | “पितामह! कवच, शस्त्र और धनुषकी सफलता भी सारथिपर ही निर्भर है। हमलोग आपके सिवा दूसरे किसीको वहाँ सारथि होनेके योग्य नहीं देखते हैं। प्रभो! क्योंकि आप सभी देवताओंसे श्रेष्ठ और सर्वगुणसम्पन्न हैं

Transliteration

tvaṃ hi sarvaguṇair yukto daivatebhyo 'dhikaḥ prabho |

Translation

ທຸຣະໂຢທະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະອົງເຈົ້າ, ທ່ານພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄຸນຄວາມດີທຸກປະການ ແລະຍັງສູງກວ່າເທວະທັງຫຼາຍ. ແທ້ຈິງແລ້ວ ຄວາມສຳເລັດຂອງກາວະຈະ (ເກາະປ້ອງກັນ), ອາວຸດ ແລະ ຄັນທະນູ ລ້ວນອາໄສຢູ່ທີ່ສາຣະຖີ (ຄົນຂັບລົດຮົບ); ແລະພວກເຮົາບໍ່ເຫັນໃຜອື່ນທີ່ສົມຄວນເປັນສາຣະຖີ ນອກຈາກທ່ານພຽງຜູ້ດຽວ. ໂອ ພຣະອົງເຈົ້າ, ເພາະທ່ານເປັນຜູ້ສູງສຸດເໜືອເທວະທັງປວງ ແລະພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄຸນທັງມວນ»។

Word by Word

त्वम्you

हिindeed/for

सर्वगुणैःwith all virtues

युक्तःendowed/possessed

दैवतेभ्यःthan the deities/from the gods

अधिकःsuperior

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Bhīṣma (addressed as Pītāmaha)

gods (daivata)

charioteer (sārathi)

armor (kavaca)

weapons (śastra)

bow (dhanuṣ)

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?

The verse underscores that martial power is not only in weapons but in the competence guiding them—especially the charioteer’s role in positioning, timing, and control. Ethically, it also shows how praise can be used to secure support and authority in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Pītāmaha,’ exalting him as surpassing even the gods and urging that no one else is fit to serve as charioteer. He argues that the success of armor, weapons, and bow depends on the charioteer, thereby pressing Bhīṣma’s indispensability.