Shloka 9

सेनापति-निर्णयः तथा पाण्डवसेनायाः कुरुक्षेत्रगमनम्

Decision on Command and the Pandavas’ March to Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

पुनर्भेदश्न मे युक्तो यदा साम न गृहाते । कर्मानुकीर्तनं चैव देवमानुषसंहितम्‌,जब वे सामनीति न ग्रहण कर सके, तब मैंने भेदनीतिका प्रयोग किया (उनमें फूट डालनेकी चेष्टा की)। पाण्डवोंके देव-मनुष्योचित कर्मोंका बारंबार वर्णन किया

Transliteration

punarbhedaś ca me yukto yadā sāma na gṛhyate | karmānukīrtanaṃ caiva devamānuṣasaṃhitam ||

Translation

ເມື່ອນະໂຍບາຍແຫ່ງການປະນີປະນອມຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ຖືກຮັບເອົາ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຫັນໄປໃຊ້ກົນລະຍຸດແຫ່ງການແບ່ງແຍກ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ກ່າວຊ້ຳໆເຖິງວິລະກຳຂອງພານດະວະ—ການກະທຳທີ່ສົມຄວນທັງແກ່ເທວະດາ ແລະບຸລຸດຜູ້ສູງສົມບູນ—ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຄວາມດີເລີດ ແລະຄວາມຖືກທຳນອງຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າປາກົດແຈ້ງ.

Word by Word

पुनःagain, then

भेदम्dissension, division (policy of sowing discord)

मेof me, my

युक्तःemployed, applied, resorted to

यदाwhen

सामconciliation, gentle policy

नnot

गृह्यतेis accepted, is taken up

कर्मdeed(s), conduct

अनुकीर्तनम्recounting, repeated narration

चand

एवindeed, just

देवमानुषसंहितम्befitting gods and men; in accordance with divine and human (standards)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Pāṇḍavas

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?

When peaceful persuasion (sāma) fails, one may shift to another political strategy (here, bheda—creating divisions), while still grounding one’s argument in ethical exemplars by highlighting the righteous deeds of the virtuous (the Pāṇḍavas).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva explains his change of approach: since conciliation was not accepted, he adopted a divisive tactic and repeatedly described the Pāṇḍavas’ godlike and noble human actions to influence attitudes and decisions.