Shloka 25

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda

Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort

Devanagari script

सो<यं दुर्योधनेनार्थों लुब्धेनादीर्घदर्शिना

Transliteration

so ’yaṁ duryodhanenārtho lubdhenādīrghadarśinā | vāryamāṇo ’karod vairaṁ pāṇḍavair guṇavattaraiḥ ||

Translation

ਇਹੀ ਨਤੀਜਾ ਲਾਲਚੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਦੂਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਲਈ ਬਣਾਇਆ; ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਰੋਕਣ ਤੇ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਗੁਣਵਾਨ ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵੈਰ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (man)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनेन: by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनेन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्थः: purpose/interest (self-interest)
• अर्थः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लुब्धेन: by the greedy one
• लुब्धेन: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अदीर्घदर्शिना: by the short-sighted one
• अदीर्घदर्शिना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदीर्घदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वार्यमाणः: being restrained/being dissuaded
• वार्यमाणः: Karta
• Type: Participle
• Root: वार्यमाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive, Present (participle)

• अकरोत्: did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवैः: with/by the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गुणवत्तरैः: with the more virtuous/superior (ones)
• गुणवत्तरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणवत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed and short-sightedness make a person reject good counsel; ignoring restraining advice and choosing hostility against the virtuous leads to self-made calamity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa reflects on the root cause of the catastrophe: Duryodhana, despite being repeatedly dissuaded, deliberately maintained enmity with the Pāṇḍavas, who were superior in virtues—setting the stage for the destructive war and its aftermath.