Shloka 10

Devanagari script

य एवं व्यूहते राजा स नित्यं जयति द्विष: | तस्मादेवं विधातव्यं नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर,जो राजा अपनी सेनाका इस प्रकार व्यूह बनाता है, वह सदा शत्रुओंपर विजय पाता है; अत: युधिष्ठिर! तुम्हें भी सदा इसी प्रकार व्यूहरचना करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

ya evaṁ vyūhate rājā sa nityaṁ jayati dviṣaḥ | tasmād evaṁ vidhātavyaṁ nityam eva yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

جو بادشاہ اپنی فوج کو اس طرح صف آرا کرتا ہے، وہ ہمیشہ دشمنوں پر غالب آتا ہے۔ لہٰذا، اے یدھشٹھِر، تمہیں بھی ہمیشہ اسی طرح انتظام کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

यःwho

एवम्thus, in this manner

व्यूहतेarrays (troops), forms a battle-array

राजाking

सःhe

नित्यम्always

जयतिconquers, wins

द्विषःenemies

तस्मात्therefore, from that reason

एवम्thus

विधातव्यम्should be arranged/done

नित्यम्always

एवindeed, just

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

rājā (the king)

dviṣaḥ (enemies)

vyūha (battle formation/array)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that disciplined, well-planned organization of forces (vyūha) is a standing duty of kingship: consistent strategic arrangement leads to sustained success against enemies, so a ruler should habitually maintain such preparedness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and concludes a point on military disposition: he states that a king who arrays his army properly wins regularly, and urges Yudhiṣṭhira to adopt the same practice.