Shloka 91

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

हते तु भीष्मे राधेय पुनरेष्यसि संयुगम्‌ । धार्तराष्ट्रस्य साहाय्यं यदि पश्यसि चेत्‌ समम्‌,'राधेय! जब भीष्म मारे जाय, उसके बाद तुम यदि ठीक समझो तो युद्धमें पुनः दुर्योधनकी सहायताके लिये चले आना”

Transliteration

hate tu bhīṣme rādheya punar eṣyasi saṁyugam | dhārtarāṣṭrasya sāhāyyaṁ yadi paśyasi cet samam ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Nhưng khi Bhīṣma đã bị hạ, hỡi Rādheya, ngươi có thể trở lại chiến trường—nếu ngươi xét thấy điều ấy là đúng đắn và thích hợp để trợ giúp con trai của Dhṛtarāṣṭra.”

Word by Word

• हते: when (he is) slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भीष्मे: in/when Bhishma
• भीष्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राधेय: O Radheya (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एष्यसि: you will come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एष्य-)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयुगम्: to the battle
• संयुगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhritarashtra's son (Duryodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• साहाय्यम्: help/assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• पश्यसि: you see/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्य-)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चेत्: if (indeed)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• समम्: proper/right/equal (as fitting)
• समम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Rādheya (Karṇa)
• Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)
• Saṁyuga (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames participation in war as a matter of deliberate ethical judgment: even amid loyalty and alliance, one should act only if one deems the course ‘samam’—proper and fitting—highlighting reflective choice rather than blind partisanship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a conditional plan involving Karṇa (Rādheya): after Bhīṣma falls, Karṇa is to return to the battlefield to support Duryodhana, provided he considers that assistance appropriate.