Shloka 63

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

तथाप्यहं नरव्याप्रं शैनेयं सत्यविक्रमम्‌ । साहाय्ये विनियोक्ष्यामि नास्ति मे5न्यो हि तत्सम:,तस्य त्वमेवं संकल्पं न वृथा कर्तुमरहसि । धनंजयस्य वाष्णेय मम भीमस्य चोभयो: वार्ष्षय! अर्जुनका, मेरा, भीमसेनका तथा दोनों माद्रीकुमारोंका तुम्हारे विषयमें जो वैसा संकल्प है, उसे तुम्हें व्यर्थ नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

tathāpy ahaṃ naravyāghraṃ śaineyaṃ satyavikramaṃ | sāhāyye viniyokṣyāmi nāsti me 'nyo hi tatsamaḥ || tasya tvam evaṃ saṃkalpaṃ na vṛthā kartum arhasi | dhanaṃjayasya vāṣṇeya mama bhīmasya cobhayoḥ mādrīkumarayoḥ ||

Translation

ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਤਾਂ ਵੀ, ਹੇ ਨਰਵਿਆਘ੍ਰ! ਮੈਂ ਸੱਚੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਵਾਲੇ ਸ਼ੈਨੇਯ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਲਈ ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ; ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਹੋਰ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ। ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਹੇ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਣੇਯ! ਅਰਜੁਨ, ਮੈਂ, ਭੀਮ ਅਤੇ ਮਾਦਰੀ ਦੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ—ਅਸੀਂ ਤੇਰੇ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਜੋ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ, ਤੂੰ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਅਰਥ ਨਾ ਹੋਣ ਦੇ।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tathāpi', 'definition': 'even so

• nevertheless'}, {'term': 'naravyāghra', 'definition': 'tiger among men

• a heroic epithet'}, {'term': 'śaineya', 'definition': 'son/descendant of Śini

• an epithet used for Sātyaki'}, {'term': 'satyavikrama', 'definition': 'of true/proven valor

• whose prowess is reliable'}, {'term': 'sāhāyya', 'definition': 'assistance

• aid'}, {'term': 'viniyokṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I will assign

• I will deploy (to a task)'}, {'term': 'na asti me anyaḥ', 'definition': 'I have no other (person)'}, {'term': 'tatsamaḥ', 'definition': 'equal to him/that'}, {'term': 'saṃkalpa', 'definition': 'resolve

• firm decision'}, {'term': 'na vṛthā kartum arhasi', 'definition': 'you should not make (it) futile/fruitless'}, {'term': 'dhanaṃjaya', 'definition': 'Arjuna (conqueror of wealth)'}, {'term': 'vāṣṇeya', 'definition': 'descendant of Vṛṣṇi

• an epithet (commonly of Kṛṣṇa, also used within the Vṛṣṇi line)'}, {'term': 'bhīma', 'definition': 'Bhīmasena'}, {'term': 'mādrīkumarau', 'definition': 'the two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva)'}]

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Arjuna (Dhanaṃjaya)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Mādrī
• Vāṣṇeya (epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A leader must translate collective resolve into effective action: Yudhiṣṭhira commits to deploying a proven ally (Śaineya/Sātyaki) and urges that the shared vow of the Pāṇḍavas regarding the addressed Vāṣṇeya not be rendered futile. The ethical emphasis is on steadfastness, reliability, and honoring commitments in a crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Drona Parva’s battlefield pressures, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks to a Vṛṣṇi hero (addressed as Vāṣṇeya), stating he will assign Śaineya (Sātyaki) for support because no one equals him for that task, and he insists that the plan/resolve held by Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twin sons of Mādrī concerning the addressee must not fail.