Shloka 51

Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement

Devanagari script

अद्य तेडहं रणे दर्प सर्व नाशयिता नृप । राज्याशां विपुलां राजन्‌ पाण्डवेषु च दुष्कृतम्‌

Transliteration

adya teḍahaṃ raṇe darpa sarva nāśayitā nṛpa | rājyāśāṃ vipulāṃ rājan pāṇḍaveṣu ca duṣkṛtam ||

Translation

ନରେଶ୍ୱର! ଆଜି ରଣଭୂମିରେ ମୁଁ ତୋର ସମସ୍ତ ଦର୍ପକୁ ଚୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରିଦେବି। ରାଜନ! ରାଜ୍ୟଲୋଭର ତୋର ବିପୁଳ ଆକାଙ୍କ୍ଷା ଓ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ତୋର କୃତ ଦୁଷ୍କର୍ମର ମଧ୍ୟ ଆଜି ଅନ୍ତ କରିଦେବି।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दर्पम्: pride, arrogance
• दर्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: entire, all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाशयिता: destroyer (I will be the one who destroys)
• नाशयिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशयितृ (from causative धातु: नश्/नश्यति → नाशयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राज्याशाम्: desire for the kingdom
• राज्याशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्याशा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विपुलाम्: great, abundant
• विपुलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवेषु: towards/among the Pandavas
• पाण्डवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• दुष्कृतम्: wrongdoing, evil deed
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• nṛpa/rājan (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the frame narrative)
• Pāṇḍavas
• raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames war not merely as physical combat but as moral consequence: arrogance (darpa) and unjust ambition (rājyāśā) culminate in downfall, and wrongdoing (duṣkṛta) against the righteous invites decisive retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Sañjaya’s report to the blind king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a warrior’s vow is conveyed: on that very day he will shatter the opponent’s pride, end his overreaching desire for the kingdom, and terminate the injustices inflicted upon the Pāṇḍavas.