Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इमं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षमभिभूय प्रसहु च

Transliteration

imaṃ hi puṇḍarīkākṣam abhibhūya prasahu ca

Translation

कारण या पुण्डरीकाक्षाला बलाने दाबून—जबरदस्तीने—ते असे करावयास निघाले आहेत; येथे धर्मयुक्त समजावणी नव्हे, तर दमनकारी बळाचा हट्ट दिसतो।

Word by Word

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: the lotus-eyed one
• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिभूय: having overcome/defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भू
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having ...)

• प्रसह्य: forcibly, by force (having overpowered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Manner/prior action (forcibly)

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (the lotus-eyed one; epithet, context-dependent—often Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral contrast between dharma-based engagement and domination by force: overpowering a noble ‘lotus-eyed’ figure suggests a lapse from ethical restraint into coercion, a recurring warning in the Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy-and-war setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that someone subdues the ‘lotus-eyed’ person by force. The line is fragmentary on its own, but it functions as a narrative hinge emphasizing an act of overpowering rather than reconciliation, consistent with the Udyoga Parva’s escalating breakdown of peace efforts.