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Shloka 47

अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः

Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance

न हीदृशा: सन्त्यपरे पृथिव्यां ये योधका धार्तराष्ट्रेण लब्धा: । धर्मस्तु नित्यो मम धर्म एव महाबल: शत्रुनिबर्हणाय

na hīdṛśāḥ santi ’pare pṛthivyāṃ ye yodhakā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa labdhāḥ | dharmas tu nityo mama dharma eva mahābalaḥ śatrunibarhaṇāya ||

ഈ ഭൂമിയിൽ ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രപുത്രൻ സമാഹരിച്ച യോദ്ധാക്കളെപ്പോലെ മറ്റാരുമില്ല. എങ്കിലും ധർമ്മം മാത്രമേ നിത്യമായുള്ളൂ; ശത്രുനാശത്തിനായി എനിക്ക് ഏറ്റവും മഹത്തായ ബലം ധർമ്മം തന്നെയാണ്.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
ईदृशाःsuch (as these)
ईदृशाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सन्तिare/exist
सन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अपरेothers
अपरे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पृथिव्याम्on the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
येwho/which
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
योधकाःfighters/warriors
योधकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोधक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
धार्तराष्ट्रेणby Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)
धार्तराष्ट्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधार्तराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
लब्धाःobtained/secured
लब्धाः:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive
धर्मःdharma/righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नित्यःeternal/perpetual
नित्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ममmy/of me
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
धर्मःdharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवalone/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महाबलःof great strength/most powerful
महाबलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शत्रुनिबर्हणायfor the destruction of enemies
शत्रुनिबर्हणाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रुनिबर्हण
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Duryodhana
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
P
Pṛthivī (Earth)

Educational Q&A

Even when the opponent possesses superior military resources, dharma is presented as the enduring and ultimately decisive power; Yudhiṣṭhira grounds victory not in numbers but in righteous conduct and moral legitimacy.

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges the formidable host assembled by Duryodhana, yet declares that his own reliance is on dharma—treating righteousness as the strongest force for overcoming enemies.