Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवं कृते भवेत्‌ कार्य देवानामेव निश्चितम्‌ । आत्मकार्य च सर्वेषां गरीयस्त्रिदशेश्वर

Transliteration

evaṁ kṛte bhavet kāryaṁ devānām eva niścitam | ātmakāryaṁ ca sarveṣāṁ garīyas tridaśeśvara |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Nếu làm như vậy, đại sự của chư thiên nhất định sẽ thành. Ôi Chúa tể của Ba Mươi Ba vị thần, bổn phận được định cho mỗi người còn nặng hơn mọi điều khác. Vì thế, bởi Karṇa đứng về phe daitya, hắn phải bị hạ gục; làm vậy thì ý chỉ của thần linh sẽ được hoàn thành một cách dứt khoát.”

Word by Word

• एवं: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• कृते: when (this is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, locative, singular

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• कार्यः: to be done; fit to be done
• कार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निश्चितम्: certain, determined
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आत्मकार्य: one's own task/duty
• आत्मकार्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + कार्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• गरीयः: heavier; more important
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: comparative, neuter, nominative, singular

• त्रिदशेश्वर: O lord of the thirty (gods), i.e., Indra
• त्रिदशेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश + ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Devas
• Tridaśeśvara (Indra)
• Dānavas/Daityas (as a faction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses that fulfilling one’s own necessary duty (ātmakārya) is paramount; actions aligned with a higher, divinely sanctioned purpose are presented as decisive and obligatory, even in the harsh context of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya frames Karṇa as aligned with the anti-divine (dānava/daitya) side and argues that defeating him will secure the gods’ intended outcome; he addresses Indra (tridaśeśvara) to emphasize the urgency and priority of this objective.