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Shloka 233

तव बुद्ध्या हि भद्रें ते वधस्तस्य दुरात्मन: । राजा युधिष्ठिरसे ऐसा कहकर अर्जुन भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णसे बोले--'श्रीकृष्ण! आज रणभूमिमें मैं कर्णका वध करूँगा, इसमें संशय नहीं है। आपका कल्याण हो। आपकी बुद्धिसे ही उस दुरात्माका वध होगा”

tava buddhyā hi bhadre te vadhastasya durātmanaḥ |

“اے بھدر! تیری ہی بُدھی سے اُس بدباطن کا وध پورا ہوگا۔” یہ کہہ کر ارجن بھگوان شری کرشن سے بولا—“شری کرشن! آج رن بھومی میں میں کرن کا وध کروں گا؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ تمہارا کلیان ہو۔ تمہاری ہی بُدھی سے اُس بدباطن کا وध سِدھ ہوگا۔”

तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
बुद्ध्याby (your) intellect
बुद्ध्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भद्रेO auspicious one / O noble lady
भद्रे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
वधःkilling/slaying
वधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/of that one
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
दुरात्मनःof the evil-souled one
दुरात्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
K
Karna (implied by context as the target of vadha)
K
Krishna (implied by context as the one addressed for counsel)
A
Arjuna (implied by context as the warrior vowing the slaying)
Y
Yudhishthira (implied by context in the prose continuation)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores that in righteous conflict, decisive action (vadha) is ethically and practically tied to discerning counsel (buddhi). Responsibility is shared: the warrior acts, but guidance shapes the act’s direction and justification, especially when confronting a ‘durātmā’—one portrayed as morally destructive.

Sanjaya reports a moment where the success of killing the enemy is attributed to the addressee’s strategic intelligence. In the surrounding context of Karna’s final confrontation, the line functions as a narrative hinge: the coming slaying is framed as enabled by counsel rather than mere force.