Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तं॑ न वित्तपतिर्नेन्द्रो न यमो न जलेश्वर:

Transliteration

taṁ na vittapatir nendro na yamo na jaleśvaraḥ

Translation

तं न वित्तपतिर्नैन्द्रो न यमो न जलेश्वरः।

Word by Word

तम्him

नnot

वित्तपतिःthe lord of wealth (Kubera)

नnor/not

इन्द्रःIndra

नnor/not

यमःYama

नnor/not

जलईश्वरःthe lord of waters (Varuṇa)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kubera (Vittapati)

Indra

Yama

Varuṇa (Jaleśvara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses hyperbolic divine comparison to convey that human excellence in battle can appear godlike, yet it also implicitly reminds the listener that even the greatest power is measured against cosmic forces (wealth, sovereignty, death, and the waters), highlighting the tension between heroic agency and the larger moral order (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a warrior’s overwhelming dominance on the battlefield, stating that even major deities—Kubera, Indra, Yama, and Varuṇa—would not be able to equal or subdue him, thereby intensifying the dramatic portrayal of the ongoing conflict in Droṇa Parva.