Mahabharata 7.150.33 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 150, Shloka 33

धृतराष्ट्र–संजय संवादः: कर्ण–घटोत्कचयोर्निशायुद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Description of the Night Engagement of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

अनाक्षर्यो जयस्तेषां येषां नाथोडसि केशव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | anākāryo jayas teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ nātho ’si keśava | tava kṛpā-prasādena rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ samasta-bhūmaṇḍalasya rājyaṃ prāpsyati | vṛṣṇinandana prabho etat tavaiva prabhāvaḥ tavaiva ca jayaḥ | madhusūdana tvad-āśīrvāda-pātrāṇi vayaṃ sadā bhaviṣyāmaḥ |

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—ஓ கேசவா! நீயே காப்பாளனாக இருப்போர்க்கு வெற்றி கிடைப்பதில் வியப்பு என்ன? உன் அருள்பிரசாதத்தால் யுதிஷ்டிரன் முழு பூமண்டலத்தின் அரசாட்சியை அடைவான். ஓ வார்ஷ்ணேயா, ஆண்டவனே! இது உன் சக்தியின் வெளிப்பாடு; இது உன் வெற்றியே. ஓ மதுசூதனா! நாங்கள் எப்போதும் உன் ஆசீர்வாதத்திற்குத் தகுதியானவர்களாய் இருப்போம்.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'anākāryaḥ', 'definition': 'not astonishing

• not a matter for wonder'}, {'term': 'jayaḥ', 'definition': 'victory

• triumph'}, {'term': 'teṣām', 'definition': 'of those'}, {'term': 'yeṣām', 'definition': 'of whom

• whose'}, {'term': 'nāthaḥ', 'definition': 'protector

• refuge'}, {'term': 'asi', 'definition': 'you are'}, {'term': 'Keśava', 'definition': 'epithet of Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)'}, {'term': 'kṛpā-prasāda', 'definition': 'grace and favor

• benevolent blessing'}, {'term': 'rājā', 'definition': 'king'}, {'term': 'Yudhiṣṭhira', 'definition': 'eldest Pāṇḍava

• king devoted to dharma'}, {'term': 'samasta', 'definition': 'entire

• complete'}, {'term': 'bhūmaṇḍala', 'definition': 'the earth-circle

• the whole world/realm'}, {'term': 'rājya', 'definition': 'kingdom

• rule'}, {'term': 'prāpsyati', 'definition': 'will obtain

• will attain'}, {'term': 'Vṛṣṇinandana', 'definition': 'delight/son of the Vṛṣṇis

• Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'prabho', 'definition': 'O Lord

• O master'}, {'term': 'prabhāva', 'definition': 'power

• effective influence'}, {'term': 'Madhusūdana', 'definition': 'slayer of Madhu

• Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'āśīrvāda-pātra', 'definition': 'fit recipient of blessing

• worthy of benediction'}, {'term': 'vayam', 'definition': 'we'}, {'term': 'sadā', 'definition': 'always'}]

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vṛṣṇis
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhūmaṇḍala (the earth/world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory and rightful sovereignty are portrayed as naturally following where Kṛṣṇa’s protection and grace operate; the verse frames success not merely as human strategy but as alignment with divine support and dharmic legitimacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya praises Kṛṣṇa, declaring that the Pāṇḍavas’ victory is unsurprising because Kṛṣṇa is their protector, and he foretells Yudhiṣṭhira’s attainment of universal kingship, attributing the outcome to Kṛṣṇa’s power and blessing.