Shloka 42

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

भीष्मपर्वणि तु द्विचत्वारिंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

atattvāṁ klībavad vākyaṁ bravīmi kurunandana | bhṛto 'smy arthena kauravya yuddhād anyat kim icchasi ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—कुरुनंदना, आज मी सत्याला न शोभणारे, भित्र्यासारखे शब्द बोलत आहे. कौरव्या, कौरवांच्या धनाने माझे पालन झाले आहे; म्हणून त्यांच्या बाजूने युद्ध करण्यावाचून तुला माझ्याकडून आणखी काय हवे आहे? सांग.

Word by Word

• अतत्त्वाम्: untrue, not in accordance with truth
• अतत्त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तत्त्व (तत्त्व)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• क्लीबवत्: like a eunuch; as if impotent
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्लीबवत् (क्लीब + वत्)

• वाक्यम्: speech, statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भृतः: maintained, supported
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृत (भृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अर्थेन: by wealth, with money
• अर्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युद्धात्: from battle; than fighting
• युद्धात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अन्यत्: other (anything else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छसि: you desire, you want
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sanjaya)
• कुरुनन्दन (Arjuna, as 'delight of the Kurus')
• कौरव (Kauravas)
• धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र (sons of Dhritarashtra; implied in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension between personal conscience and obligations created by patronage: being materially supported can bind one to a side in conflict, even when one feels the stance is morally weak or ‘unworthy’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a speaker’s admission of reluctant, self-deprecating speech and explains his constraint: since the Kauravas have maintained him, he sees no option but to fight for them, asking what alternative is expected.