Shloka 13

Kṛṣṇasya Karṇam Prati Sāntvavacana

Kṛṣṇa’s Conciliatory Address to Karṇa

Devanagari script

द्रौपदीसहितं पार्थ सायुधैर्भ्नातृभिर्वृतम्‌ । वनस्थमपि राज्यस्थ: पाण्डवं को विजेष्यति

Transliteration

drau-padī-sahitaṃ pārtha sāyudhair bhrātṛbhir vṛtam | vanastham api rājyasthaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ ko vijeṣyati ||

Translation

ହେ ପାର୍ଥ! ଦ୍ରୌପଦୀ ସହିତ, ଅସ୍ତ୍ର-ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଧାରୀ ଭାଇମାନେ ଯାହାକୁ ଘେରି ରହିଛନ୍ତି, ସେହି ପାଣ୍ଡବ—ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କୁ—ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ କିଏ ଜିତିପାରିବ? ସେ ବନରେ ରହିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରକୃତରେ ରାଜସିଂହାସନାର୍ହ; ଏମିତି ପୁରୁଷକୁ ପରାଜିତ କରିବା ସହଜ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• द्रौपदी: with Draupadī
• द्रौपदी: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सहितम्: accompanied (by)
• सहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सायुधैः: armed
• सायुधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सायुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: by (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वृतम्: surrounded
• वृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वनस्थम्: dwelling in the forest
• वनस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/though
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• राज्यस्थः: being in the kingdom / seated in sovereignty
• राज्यस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजेष्यति: will conquer/defeat
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pārtha
• Draupadī
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira implied)
• Pāṇḍava brothers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma emphasizes that true royal strength and legitimacy rest on righteous leadership supported by capable allies; even in exile, the Pāṇḍava’s inherent fitness to rule and the protection of his armed brothers make him effectively unconquerable.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war counsel, Bhīṣma speaks to a Pāṇḍava addressee (“Pārtha”), praising the Pāṇḍavas’ combined power: with Draupadī present and the brothers armed and united, no king can realistically defeat the Pāṇḍava, even if he is living in the forest.