Shloka 29

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय संवादः — उपप्लव्यगमनाज्ञा

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Command to Proceed to Upaplavya

Devanagari script

यस्तं प्रतीपस्तरसा प्रत्युदीया- दाशंसमानो दैरथे वासुदेवम्‌ । सो<शेत कृष्णेन हतः परासु- वतिनेवोन्मथित: कर्णिकार:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

yas taṃ pratīpas tarasā pratyudīyād āśaṃsamāno dairathe vāsudevam |

so 'śeta kṛṣṇena hataḥ parāsu-vatīnevonmathitaḥ karṇikāraḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Тот, кто, тая в сердце вражду, с великой стремительностью ринулся на Васудеву, надеясь одолеть в поединке колесниц, — лежал там, убитый Кришной, бездыханный, словно дерево карникара, вырванное силой ветра и поверженное на землю.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतीपः: hostile, opposing
• प्रतीपः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तरसा: with force/impetuosity
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रत्युदीय: having rushed/advanced against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) / प्रत्युदीय (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• आशंसमानः: hoping, expecting
• आशंसमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + शंस् (धातु) / आशंसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present

• द्वैरथे: in the chariot-duel
• द्वैरथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वासुदेवम्: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अशेत: lay (down)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतः: killed, slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) / हत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past (PPP)

• परासुः: lifeless, without breath
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परासु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वातेन: by the wind
• वातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उन्मथितः: uprooted, torn out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + मथ् (धातु) / उन्मथित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past (PPP)

• कर्णिकारः: a karnikāra tree (yellow-flowered tree)
• कर्णिकारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Śiśupāla
• karṇikāra tree
• wind

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that prideful aggression and hostility toward the righteous—especially toward the Lord’s protective power—leads to inevitable ruin; confidence in one’s strength does not override dharma and divine justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

A hostile warrior (identified in the Hindi gloss as Śiśupāla) charges at Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) in a chariot-duel, expecting victory, but is killed by Kṛṣṇa and falls lifeless, compared to a karṇikāra tree uprooted by a strong wind.