Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्

Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

यावन्न चरते मार्गान्‌ पृतनामभि थधर्षयन्‌ । भीमसेनो गदापाणिस्तावत्‌ संशाम्य पाण्डवै:,“दुर्योधन! जबतक हाथमें गदा लिये भीमसेन तुम्हारी सेनाका संहार करते हुए युद्धके विभिन्न मार्गोमें विचरण नहीं कर रहे हैं, तभीतक तुम पाण्डवोंके साथ संधि कर लो

Transliteration

yāvan na carate mārgān pṛtanām abhidharṣayan | bhīmaseno gadāpāṇis tāvat saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—दुर्योधन! जोवर गदा हातात घेऊन भीमसेन तुझ्या सेनेला चिरडत युद्धमार्गांत संचार करू लागलेला नाही, तोवर पांडवांशी संधी कर.

Word by Word

यावत्as long as / until

नnot

चरतेmoves about / roams

मार्गान्paths / routes

पृतनाम्army

अभिtowards / against

धर्षयन्assaulting / overpowering

भीमसेनःBhīmasena

गदापाणिःone whose hand holds a mace (mace-in-hand)

तावत्so long / until then

संशाम्यhaving made peace / having come to terms

पाण्डवैःwith the Pāṇḍavas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Pāṇḍavas

gadā (mace)

pṛtanā (army)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Choose reconciliation while it is still possible; delaying ethical action invites irreversible harm. The verse frames peace (saṃdhi/saṃśama) as the wiser dharmic option before violence becomes unstoppable.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a warning: before Bhīma begins his devastating assault through the battle formations, the opposing side should make peace with the Pāṇḍavas. It is a strategic and moral counsel given in the tense lead-up to war.