Shloka 78

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

9॥ 00 )५200 0 30, :॥2:9 07 छल हम करन 477 | हा कि १ एू हक्छा अनुमानये त्वां दुर्धर्ष योत्स्ये विगतकल्मष: । जयेयं नु परान्‌ राजन्ननुज्ञातस्त्वया रिपून्‌,“दुर्धर्ष वीर! मैं पापरहित एवं निरपराध रहकर आपके साथ युद्ध करूँगा; इसके लिये आपकी अनुमति चाहता हूँ। राजन! आपकी आज्ञा पाकर मैं समस्त शत्रुओंको युद्धमें परास्त कर सकता हूँ

Transliteration

anujñāṃ yāce tvāṃ durdharṣa yotsye vigata-kalmaṣaḥ | jaye'yaṃ nu parān rājann anujñātas tvayā ripūn ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—(യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു) ദുര്ധർഷ വീരാ! എനിക്ക് അനുമതി തരിക; ഞാൻ പാപകല്മഷമില്ലാതെ, കുറ്റാരോപണമില്ലാതെ യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യും. രാജാവേ! നിങ്ങളുടെ ആജ്ഞ ലഭിച്ചാൽ ഞാൻ रणത്തിൽ ശത്രുക്കളെ ജയിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• {'anujñā': 'permission, authorization', 'yāce': 'I request, I ask', 'tvām': 'you (accusative singular)', 'durdharṣa': 'hard to assail, unconquerable', 'yotsye': 'I will fight', 'vigata-kalmaṣaḥ': 'with sin removed

• free from moral taint', 'rājan': 'O king', "jaye'yaṃ (jaye yam)": 'I can conquer / I am able to win', 'parān': 'others

• here, the opposing side/enemies', 'anujñātaḥ': 'having been permitted/authorized', 'tvayā': 'by you', 'ripūn': 'enemies, foes'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājan (the King—Dhṛtarāṣṭra, as Sañjaya’s addressee)
• ripūn (enemies/foes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, action should be grounded in dharma: the warrior seeks rightful authorization (anujñā) and asserts moral cleanliness (vigata-kalmaṣaḥ), implying that power alone is insufficient without ethical legitimacy and proper command.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report to the king, a warrior-voice (as quoted within the narration) asks the king’s permission to engage in battle, declaring readiness to fight and confidence of victory over enemies once the royal sanction is granted.