Shloka 15

सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः

Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation

Devanagari script

स भवान्‌ गमनादेव साधयिष्यत्यसंशयम्‌ | इष्टमर्थ महाबाहो धर्मराजस्य केवलम्‌

Transliteration

sa bhavān gamanād eva sādhayiṣyaty asaṁśayam | iṣṭam artha mahābāho dharmarājasya kevalam ||

Translation

ନକୁଳ କହିଲେ—ମହାବାହୋ! ଆପଣ କେବଳ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କରିଲେ ମାତ୍ରେ, ନିଃସନ୍ଦେହ, ଧର୍ମରାଜ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ ଏକମାତ୍ର ଇଷ୍ଟ ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गमनात्: from going / by the act of going
• गमनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• साधयिष्यति: will accomplish
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• असंशयम्: without doubt; certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय

• इष्टम्: desired
• इष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: aim; purpose; object
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• केवलम्: only; merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action begins with resolute commitment: even the decision to set out in service of a righteous aim is portrayed as powerfully effective, especially when undertaken for Dharmarāja’s dharmic purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula encourages a heroic addressee, assuring him that simply by departing on the intended mission he will certainly fulfill the objective sought by Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira).