Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि सर्वज्ञ धैर्यमालम्ब्य शाश्वतम्‌ । प्रशाधि पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां हतामित्रां नरोत्तम,सर्वज्ञ नरश्रेष्ठ अतः आप भी सदाके लिये धैर्य धारण करके शत्रुहीन हुई इस सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वीका शासन कीजिये

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam api sarvajña dhairyam ālambya śāśvatam | praśādhi pṛthivīṁ kṛtsnāṁ hatāmitrāṁ narottama ||

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ സർവ്വജ്ഞ നരോത്തമാ! ശാശ്വതമായ ധൈര്യം ആശ്രയിച്ച്, ശത്രുവില്ലാത്ത ഈ സമസ്ത ഭൂമിയെയും ഭരിക്ക.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason

त्वम्you

अपिalso/even

सर्वज्ञO all-knowing one

धैर्यम्steadfastness/fortitude

आलम्ब्यhaving taken hold of/holding fast to

शाश्वतम्everlasting/constant

प्रशाधिrule/govern

पृथिवीम्the earth

कृत्स्नाम्entire/whole

हतामित्राम्whose enemies are slain

नरोत्तमO best of men

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

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?

After victory, a ruler’s dharma is steady, enduring self-control (dhairya) and responsible governance—transforming the end of enmity into stable, righteous administration rather than renewed conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses an honored figure as “all-knowing” and urges him to take up lasting courage and rule the whole earth, described as now free from enemies—an exhortation toward calm, dharmic kingship after warfare.