Shloka 77

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

प्रसन्नसलिले काले यथा स्यात्‌ सागरो नृप । तद्धत्‌ तव बल॑ तद्‌ वै निश्चलं समवस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prasannasalile kāle yathā syāt sāgaro nṛpa |

tadvat tava balaṃ tad vai niścalaṃ samavasthitam ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ເມື່ອນ້ຳໃສ ແລະເວລາສະຫງົບ ມະຫາສະໝຸດຍ່ອມນິ່ງສະຫງົບແນ່ນອນ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນແຫຼະ ກອງທັບຂອງທ່ານ—ແມ່ນກຳລັງນັ້ນເອງ—ຢືນມັ່ນ ບໍ່ໄຫວຕິງ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງ.”

Word by Word

प्रसन्नसलिलेin (a time of) clear/placid water

कालेat the time

यथाas, just as

स्यात्would be / might be

सागरःthe ocean

नृपO king

तद्वत्so, likewise

तवof you / your

बलम्strength, army

तत्that

वैindeed, surely

निश्चलम्steady, unmoving

समवस्थितम्is established / stands firm

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

nṛpa (the king—Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)

sāgara (ocean)

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 praises steadiness under pressure: like a calm ocean, a well-ordered force (or mind) should remain composed and firmly established, suggesting that stability and discipline are essential virtues in leadership and conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) about the condition of the king’s forces, describing them as steady and well-positioned, using the calm ocean as a simile to convey their firm, unshaken stance.