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Shloka 8

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

इदानीं च विजानामि सुकृतं मधुसूदन । कृतं राज्ञा महाबाहो याचता च सुयोधनम्‌,महाबाहु मधुसूदन! राजा युधिष्ठिरने दुर्योधनसे पहले जो याचना की थी, वही उत्तम कार्य था; यह बात अब मेरी समझमें आ रही है

idānīṃ ca vijānāmi sukṛtaṃ madhusūdana | kṛtaṃ rājñā mahābāho yācatā ca suyodhanam ||

บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าเข้าใจแล้ว โอ้มธุสูทนะ—โอ้ผู้มีพาหาอันเกรียงไกร! ว่าการที่พระราชายุธิษฐิระไปวิงวอนขอสันติจากสุโยธนะนั้น เป็นหนทางอันชอบธรรมและเป็นกุศลกรรมอันประเสริฐยิ่ง

इदानीम्now
इदानीम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइदानीम्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विजानामिI understand/know clearly
विजानामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुकृतम्good deed; meritorious act
सुकृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मधुसूदनO slayer of Madhu (Krishna)
मधुसूदन:
TypeNoun
Rootमधुसूदन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कृतम्done; performed
कृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
राज्ञाby the king
राज्ञा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
याचताby (him) requesting/begging
याचता:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootयाच्
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुयोधनम्Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
सुयोधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुयोधन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
M
Madhusudana (Krishna)
Y
Yudhisthira
S
Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

Even when war seems inevitable, dharma favors exhausting peaceful, fair options first. Sanjaya recognizes Yudhiṣṭhira’s attempt to negotiate with Duryodhana as a morally superior act—an ethical safeguard that establishes the justice of one’s cause and reduces culpability for the violence that follows.

In the Bhīṣma Parva war narrative, Sanjaya reflects on earlier events and tells Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) that Yudhiṣṭhira’s prior act of requesting terms from Suyodhana (Duryodhana) was truly the best course. It is a retrospective moral assessment made amid the unfolding conflict.