Shloka 35

Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement

Devanagari script

अद्य कीर्तिमयीं मालां प्रतिमोक्ष्ये तवानघ । प्राणाम्‌ श्रियं च राज्यं च मोक्ष्यतेडद्य सुयोधन:,“अनघ! आज आपके गलेमें मैं कीर्तिमयी माला पहनाऊँगा तथा आज यह दुर्योधन अपने राज्यलक्ष्मी और प्राणोंका परित्याग करेगा

Transliteration

adya kīrtimayīṁ mālāṁ pratimokṣye tavānagha | prāṇān śriyaṁ ca rājyaṁ ca mokṣyate ’dya suyodhanaḥ ||

Translation

അനഘാ! ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ നിന്റെ കഴുത്തിൽ കീർത്തിമയമായ മാല അണിയിക്കും; ഇന്നുതന്നെ സുയോധനൻ തന്റെ പ്രാണനും രാജശ്രീയും രാജ്യവും എല്ലാം വിട്ടൊഴിയും।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• कीर्तिमयीम्: fame-bestowing, glorious
• कीर्तिमयीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्तिमय
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• मालाम्: garland
• मालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• प्रतिमोक्ष्ये: I shall place/put on (around)
• प्रतिमोक्ष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√मुच्
• Form: future, 1st person, singular, parasmaipada

• तव: of you / for you
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्राणान्: lives, vital breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• श्रियम्: fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• मोक्ष्यते: will relinquish/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्
• Form: future, 3rd person, singular, ātmanepada

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• kīrtimayī mālā (garland of fame)
• rājya-śrī (royal fortune/prosperity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly sovereignty and prosperity are transient; what endures is kīrti (ethical renown). The verse contrasts lasting honor with the inevitable collapse of power gained and held through adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, foretells that this very day Duryodhana will lose his life along with his kingdom and royal fortune, while the opposing side will gain the ‘garland of fame’—the honor of decisive victory.