Shloka 23

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

अयं कुरून्‌ रणे सर्वान्‌ हन्तुमुत्सहते प्रभु:

Transliteration

ayaṃ kurūn raṇe sarvān hantum utsahate prabhuḥ

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “เจ้านายผู้ทรงเดชผู้นี้พร้อมจะสังหารชาวกุรุทั้งปวงในสมรภูมิ”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• हन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral in infinitive)

• उत्सहते: is able / dares / undertakes
• उत्सहते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Lat, Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• प्रभुः: the lord / mighty one
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kurus

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of martial resolve: even when framed as rightful prowess, the willingness to annihilate one’s own kin in war raises questions about proportionality, restraint, and the moral cost of victory within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes a powerful figure’s readiness to kill all the Kurus in battle, emphasizing the intensity of hostility and the looming possibility of total internecine destruction.