Shloka 57

Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma

Engagement and Countermeasures

Devanagari script

कुमारगुरवे तुभ्यं नीलग्रीवाय वेधसे । पिनाकिने हविष्याय सत्याय विभवे सदा,प्रभो! आप कुमार कार्तिकेयके पिता, कण्ठमें नील चिह्न धारण करनेवाले, लोकस्रष्टा, पिनाकधारी, हविष्यके अधिकारी, सत्यस्वरूप और सर्वत्र व्यापक हैं, आपको सदैव नमस्कार है

Transliteration

kumāragurave tubhyaṃ nīlagrīvāya vedhase | pinākine haviṣyāya satyāya vibhave sadā prabho ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఓ ప్రభూ! కుమారుడు (కార్తికేయుడు) యొక్క గురువా, నీలకంఠుడా, జగద్విధాతా-సృష్టికర్తా, పినాకధారివా, యజ్ఞహవిష్యానికి అర్హుడా, సత్యస్వరూపుడా, సర్వవ్యాపక విభువా—నిన్ను నేను నిత్యం నమస్కరిస్తున్నాను. నీ ప్రభావం ధర్మాన్ని కాపాడి నిలుపుగాక.

Word by Word

• कुमारगुरवे: to the teacher of Kumāra (Skanda)
• कुमारगुरवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारगुरु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तुभ्यं: to you
• तुभ्यं: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• नीलग्रीवाय: to the blue-necked one
• नीलग्रीवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीलग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वेधसे: to the creator/ordainer
• वेधसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पिनाकिने: to the bearer of Pināka (bow)
• पिनाकिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• हविष्याय: to (him who is) the oblation / worthy of oblations
• हविष्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• सत्याय: to the Truth / the true one
• सत्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• विभवे: to the mighty one / to the all-pervading lord (by power)
• विभवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा
• Form: true

• प्रभो: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śiva (Nīlagrīva, Pinākin, Vedhas)
• Kumāra (Kārttikeya/Skanda)
• Pināka (Śiva’s bow)
• Havis (sacrificial oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the midst of war and uncertainty, the verse models turning to the highest principle—Śiva as Truth (satya) and cosmic order (vedhas)—through reverent remembrance. Ethically, it suggests that strength and victory are secondary to alignment with truth, rightful worship, and the sustaining order of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, utters a devotional salutation (stuti) to Śiva, invoking multiple epithets—teacher of Kārttikeya, blue-throated, bearer of Pināka, receiver of offerings—seeking divine support and auspiciousness amid the intense battles of the Droṇa Parva.