Shloka 31

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

कृतकृत्यांश्व वो मन्ये संसिद्धान्‌ कुरुपुड्रव

Transliteration

kṛtakṛtyāṁś ca vo manye saṁsiddhān kurupuṅgava

Translation

Vyāsa disse: “Considero-vos como tendo cumprido o que havia de ser cumprido e alcançado a plena realização, ó o mais eminente dos Kurus.”

Word by Word

• कृतकृत्यान्: those who have accomplished their duty (fulfilled)
• कृतकृत्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• मन्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• संसिद्धान्: fully accomplished / perfected
• संसिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कुरुपुङ्गव: O bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)
• कुरुपुङ्गव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Kuru lineage (addressed group)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the ideal of kṛtakṛtyatā—having completed one’s rightful obligations. Ethical life is measured not by mere success, but by the sense of duty fulfilled and a life brought to completion with inner readiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses the Kuru survivors/descendants with an honorific, declaring that he regards them as having completed their appointed tasks and reached a state of completion—an evaluative, consoling statement amid the Mausala Parva’s atmosphere of endings.