Shloka 34

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच एवं कुरु न चान्या तु बुद्धि: कार्या त्वयानघ । गर्भेषु पाण्डवेयानां विसृज्यैतदुपारम,व्यासजीने कहा--अनघ! अच्छा, ऐसा ही करो। अब अपने मनमें दूसरा कोई विचार न लाना। इस अस्त्रको पाण्डवोंके गर्भोपर ही छोड़कर शान्त हो जाओ

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca evaṃ kuru na cānyā tu buddhiḥ kāryā tvayānagha | garbheṣu pāṇḍaveyānāṃ visṛjyaitad upārama ||

Translation

Vyāsa berkata: “Lakukanlah tepat demikian, dan jangan biarkan rancangan lain bersarang dalam fikiranmu, wahai yang tidak bercela. Setelah melepaskan senjata ini ke atas anak-anak yang belum lahir dalam kandungan keturunan Pāṇḍava, berhentilah dan tenangkan dirimu.”

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus, in this manner

कुरुdo (it)

नnot

चand

अन्याanother

तुbut, however

बुद्धिःthought, intention, plan

कार्याto be done; to be made (necessary)

त्वयाby you

अनघO sinless one

गर्भेषुin the wombs

पाण्डवेयानाम्of the Pandava descendants (sons of the Pandavas)

विसृज्यhaving released/let loose

एतत्this (weapon/act)

उपारमcessation, stopping; calm

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Pāṇḍavas

Pāṇḍaveyas (descendants of the Pāṇḍavas)

astra (weapon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A sage’s counsel emphasizes single-minded obedience to a chosen course and, more importantly, the ethical demand to cease further escalation once a decisive act has been set in motion—urging restraint and pacification rather than continued, uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses the warrior who has invoked a terrible weapon and instructs him not to waver with alternative schemes: he is to release the weapon toward the unborn heirs of the Pāṇḍava line and then stop—signaling a grim moment where the conflict extends even to the next generation, while the sage simultaneously presses for an end to further agitation.