Mahabharata 7.151.22 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 22

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

गायन्ति चतुरो वेदा यश्च वेदेषु गीयते । त॑ प्रपद्य महात्मानं भूतिमश्षाम्यनुत्तमाम्‌

Transliteration

gāyanti caturo vedā yaś ca vedeṣu gīyate | taṁ prapadya mahātmānaṁ bhūtim aśnāmy anuttamām ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Keempat-empat Veda menyanyikan kemasyhuran-Nya, dan di seluruh Veda Dia dipuji. Dengan berlindung kepada Mahātma itu, aku akan mencapai kebaikan yang tiada bandingan—kemakmuran dan kesejahteraan sejati.”

Word by Word

• गायन्ति: they sing
• गायन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), 3, Plural, परस्मैपद

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वेदेषु: in the Vedas
• वेदेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• गीयते: is sung (praised)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), 3, Singular, आत्मनेपद (कर्मणि प्रयोगः / Passive)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रपद्य: having taken refuge / having surrendered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), आत्मनेपद-धातु (प्रपद्यते)

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतिम्: prosperity / welfare
• भूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्नामि: I attain / I obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), 1, Singular, परस्मैपद

• अनुत्तमाम्: unsurpassed, सर्वोत्तम
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the four Vedas
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the supreme, Veda-praised Lord—as the sure path to the highest welfare (anuttamā bhūti), implying that true prosperity is grounded in spiritual surrender and alignment with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, expresses reverence for Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the one extolled by the Vedas and declares his own resolve to seek refuge in him for the highest good amid the turmoil of the war narrative.