Shloka 47
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
Devanagari script
(कुर्वाणं कर्म समरे पाण्डवानर्थकाड्क्षिणम् । यच्छिखण्ड्यवधीद् भीष्म मित्रार्थे न व्यतिक्रम: ।।
Transliteration
yāny akāryāṇi cāsmākaṁ kṛtānīti prabhāṣase
Translation
ତୁମେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ କହୁଛ—“ଆମେ ଏହି ଅକାର୍ଯ୍ୟଗୁଡ଼ିକ କରିଛୁ।”
Word by Word
यानिwhich (things)
यानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
अकार्याणिimproper acts
अकार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अस्माकम्of us
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
कृतानिdone, committed
कृतानि:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural, passive/resultative
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रभाषसेyou speak, you say forth
प्रभाषसे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-भाष्
FormPresent (Lat), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
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
The line challenges a blanket moral accusation: merely asserting that ‘we committed wrongs’ is not itself proof; ethical judgment must be grounded in context, intention, and dharma rather than rhetorical blame.
Vāyudeva addresses an opponent who is accusing the Pāṇḍavas of wrongdoing; this verse introduces that accusation in the opponent’s own words, setting up Vāyudeva’s rebuttal that their actions were dharmically justified in war.