Shloka 54
Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)
Devanagari script
जानासि च महाबाहो धर्मराजस्य या त्वयि
Transliteration
jānāsi ca mahābāho dharmarājasya yā tvayi
Translation
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ, ധർമ്മരാജൻ നിനക്കു നേരെ പുലർത്തുന്ന വിശ്വാസവും ആദരവും നിനക്കറിയാമല്ലോ.
Word by Word
जानासिyou know
जानासि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (जानाति)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यम (2nd), एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
धर्मराजस्यof Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
धर्मराजस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मराज
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
याwhich (she/that)
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
त्वयिin you / towards you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaD
Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)M
mahābāhu (addressee, unspecified in this half-verse)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
The line highlights the ethical weight of trust placed by a righteous leader (Dharmarāja) in another person; such confidence creates a moral obligation to act with loyalty, restraint, and responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating events in Śalya Parva, addresses a warrior as “mighty-armed” and reminds him that he already knows Dharmarāja’s favorable regard toward him—setting up counsel or a decision grounded in that relationship of confidence.