Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवं कृते भवेत्‌ कार्य देवानामेव निश्चितम्‌ । आत्मकार्य च सर्वेषां गरीयस्त्रिदशेश्वर

Transliteration

evaṁ kṛte bhavet kāryaṁ devānām eva niścitam | ātmakāryaṁ ca sarveṣāṁ garīyas tridaśeśvara |

Translation

संजय म्हणाला— असे केले तर देवतांचे कार्य निश्चयाने सिद्ध होईल. हे त्रिदशेश्वर! आपले नियत कर्तव्य सर्वांपेक्षा गुरुतर असते. म्हणून कर्ण दैत्य-पक्षाचा असल्याने त्याला पाडले पाहिजे; असे केल्याने देवकार्य निर्णीतपणे सिद्ध होईल.

Word by Word

• एवं: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• कृते: when (this is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, locative, singular

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• कार्यः: to be done; fit to be done
• कार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निश्चितम्: certain, determined
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आत्मकार्य: one's own task/duty
• आत्मकार्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + कार्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• गरीयः: heavier; more important
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: comparative, neuter, nominative, singular

• त्रिदशेश्वर: O lord of the thirty (gods), i.e., Indra
• त्रिदशेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश + ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Devas
• Tridaśeśvara (Indra)
• Dānavas/Daityas (as a faction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses that fulfilling one’s own necessary duty (ātmakārya) is paramount; actions aligned with a higher, divinely sanctioned purpose are presented as decisive and obligatory, even in the harsh context of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya frames Karṇa as aligned with the anti-divine (dānava/daitya) side and argues that defeating him will secure the gods’ intended outcome; he addresses Indra (tridaśeśvara) to emphasize the urgency and priority of this objective.