Shloka 36

Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa

Gaṅgātīra encounter begins

Devanagari script

क्षपयिष्यति न: सर्वान्‌ स सुव्यक्त महारणे । विदितं मे हृषीकेश यतो धर्मस्ततो जय:

Transliteration

kṣapayīṣyati naḥ sarvān sa suvyakta mahāraṇe | viditaṁ me hṛṣīkeśa yato dharmas tato jayaḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఆ మహాయుద్ధంలో అతడు మనందరినీ స్పష్టంగా సంహరించును. ఓ హృషీకేశా! నాకు ఇది కూడా తెలిసినదే—ఎక్కడ ధర్మమో అక్కడే జయము.

Word by Word

• क्षपयिष्यति: will destroy / will cause to perish
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षप् (क्षपयति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• नः: us / of us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, genitive (also used as dative/accusative enclitic in context), plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुव्यक्त: O clearly-seeing / O manifest (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्यक्त
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• विदितम्: is known
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle) from √विद्

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, dative/genitive (enclitic), singular

• हृषीकेश: O Hrishikesha (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यतः: where / from where; inasmuch as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस्

• धर्मः: dharma / righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: there / thence; therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts a moral principle central to the Mahābhārata: victory ultimately aligns with dharma. Even amid fear of destruction, ethical order is presented as the decisive force behind true success.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya voices a grim assessment of the coming conflict—predicting total ruin for his side—while addressing Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) and acknowledging that the side grounded in dharma is destined to prevail.