Shloka 64

Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma

Engagement and Countermeasures

Devanagari script

नमो हिरण्यवर्णाय हिरण्यकवचाय च । भक्तानुकम्पिने नित्यं सिध्यतां नो वर: प्रभो

Transliteration

namo hiraṇyavarṇāya hiraṇyakavacāya ca | bhaktānukampine nityaṃ sidhyatāṃ no varaḥ prabho ||

Translation

సువర్ణవర్ణుడికి నమస్కారం; సువర్ణకవచధారికి నమస్కారం. భక్తులపై నిత్య కరుణ చూపే ప్రభూ—మాకు కావలసిన వరం సిద్ధించుగాక.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable interjection)

• हिरण्यवर्णाय: to the golden-colored one
• हिरण्यवर्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• हिरण्यकवचाय: to the one with golden armor
• हिरण्यकवचाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यकवच
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• भक्तानुकम्पिने: to the compassionate toward devotees
• भक्तानुकम्पिने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तानुकम्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• सिध्यताम्: may it be accomplished; may it succeed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नः: of us; our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural (enclitic)

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Prabhu (the Lord, invoked deity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the violence and uncertainty of war, the text foregrounds bhakti and śaraṇāgati: turning to the Lord described as radiant and protective, trusting in divine compassion (anukampā) for the fulfillment of what is rightly sought.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya utters a reverential invocation—praising the Lord as golden-hued and armored—seeking successful fulfillment of a boon or desired outcome, functioning as a protective, devotional interjection within the Drona Parva war narration.