Shloka 16

Devanagari script

जये स्याद्‌ विपुला कीर्तिर्धुव: स्वर्ग: पराजये । वृषसेनश्व राधेय संक्रुद्धस्तनयस्तव

Transliteration

jaye syād vipulā kīrtir dhruvaḥ svargaḥ parājaye | vṛṣasenaś ca rādheya saṅkruddhas tanayas tava ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—“విజయం లభిస్తే అపార కీర్తి; పరాజయం వచ్చినా స్వర్గప్రాప్తి నిశ్చితం. ఇంకా రాధేయ కర్ణునితో పాటు నీ కుమారుడు వృషసేనుడు కూడా కోపంతో రగిలిపోతున్నాడు.”

Word by Word

• जये: in victory
• जये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be / may be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विपुला: abundant, great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कीर्तिः: fame, glory
• कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्रुवः: certain, assured
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पराजये: in defeat
• पराजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराजय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वृषसेनः: Vṛṣasena (proper name)
• वृषसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राधेय: O Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, wrathful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vṛṣasena
• Rādheya (Karna)
• Svarga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse expresses a kṣatriya-warrior ethic: victory brings lasting renown, while death/defeat in righteous battle is framed as leading to heaven—encouraging fearlessness and commitment to duty despite risk.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield mood: Karna (Rādheya) and Karna’s son Vṛṣasena are roused to anger, and the stakes are cast in terms of either glory through victory or heavenly reward through defeat.