Shloka 8
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 58: Yudhiṣṭhira’s dawn rites, royal gifts, and the reception of Kṛṣṇa
Devanagari script
नो यन्तारं धुरस्तस्य कज्चिदन्यं प्रजापति:
Transliteration
no yantāraṃ dhuras tasya kaścid anyaṃ prajāpatiḥ
Translation
नारद उवाच—तस्य भारं धर्तुं नान्यो यन्ता कश्चिदस्ति; प्रजापतिरेव तस्य धुरं वहति, नियच्छति च।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उindeed/also (emphatic particle)
उ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
यन्तारम्driver, controller
यन्तारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयन्तृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धुरःof the yoke/burden
धुरः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधुर्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
कश्चित्anyone, someone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्यम्another
अन्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaP
PrajāpatiCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That ultimate control and the bearing of the heaviest burdens belong to the divine ordainer (Prajāpati), not to any merely human agent; this encourages humility, accountability, and restraint in action.
Nārada delivers a reflective assertion about who truly ‘drives’ or sustains a great burden, shifting attention from human strategizing in war to the higher cosmic governance behind events.