Shloka 58

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

मच्चित्त: सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्‌ तरिष्यसि । अथ चेत्‌ त्वमहंकारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनड्क्ष्यसि

Transliteration

maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāt tariṣyasi | atha cet tvam ahaṃkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ||

Translation

เมื่อจิตของเจ้าตั้งมั่นในเรา เจ้าจะข้ามพ้นความยากลำบากและอุปสรรคอันน่าหวาดหวั่นทั้งปวงได้ด้วยพระกรุณาของเรา แต่หากด้วยความทะนงตนเจ้าไม่ยอมฟังคำสอนนี้ เจ้าจักถึงความพินาศ

Word by Word

• मत्-चित्तः: one whose mind is on Me
• मत्-चित्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (चित्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-दुर्गाणि: all difficulties/obstacles
• सर्व-दुर्गाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + दुर्ग (दुर्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मत्-प्रसादात्: from/through My grace
• मत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रसाद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तरिष्यसि: you will cross over
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: but/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अहंकारात्: out of ego
• अहंकारात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार (अहंकार-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• श्रोष्यसि: you will listen/obey
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विनङ्क्ष्यसि: you will perish
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady inner orientation toward the divine (maccittaḥ) enables one to overcome even severe obstacles through grace; but ego (ahaṃkāra) that refuses instruction leads to downfall. The ethical emphasis is humility, receptivity to right counsel, and disciplined devotion rather than self-will.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva dialogue context, Kṛṣṇa addresses Arjuna with a decisive warning: if Arjuna keeps his mind aligned with Kṛṣṇa’s guidance, he will pass through the dangers of the war and its moral trials; if he rejects the counsel out of pride, he will meet ruin.