Shloka 14

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

यत्रैव कृष्णेन रणे निर्जित: परवीरहा

Transliteration

yatraiva kṛṣṇena raṇe nirjitaḥ paravīrahā

Translation

ویشَمپایَن نے کہا—“اسی جگہ، میدانِ جنگ میں، دشمن کے بہادروں کے قاتل کرشن نے اسے شکست دی۔”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: Avyaya (locative sense: 'where')

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• निर्जितः: conquered/defeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√जि
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-वीर-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the moral weight of martial action: victory and defeat in war are not merely personal prowess but are shaped by the presence of a decisive agent—here Kṛṣṇa—whose role signals that adharma-driven pride can be checked and that outcomes align with a larger ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana briefly points to a specific battlefield moment: at that very spot, a warrior is said to have been overcome in combat by Kṛṣṇa, described with the epithet “slayer of enemy heroes,” emphasizing Kṛṣṇa’s formidable and determining role in the conflict.