Shloka 7

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

स दैवं बलवन्मत्वा भवितव्यं च पार्थिव: । संग्रामे निश्चयं कृत्वा पुनर्युद्धाय निर्यया

Transliteration

sa daivaṁ balavan matvā bhavitavyaṁ ca pārthivaḥ | saṅgrāme niścayaṁ kṛtvā punar yuddhāya niryayau ||

Translation

Xem số mệnh (daiva) và điều tất yếu phải xảy ra (bhavitavya) là sức mạnh áp đảo, nhà vua đã lập quyết tâm sắt đá ngay giữa chiến trận và lại lên đường giao chiến—chọn tiếp tục cuộc chiến, dẫu chủ nghĩa định mệnh ấy hàm chứa cái giá đạo lý và nhân mạng vô cùng thảm khốc.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दैवम्: fate; divine dispensation
• दैवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलवत्: powerful; strong
• बलवत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मत्वा: having thought/considered
• मत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), same as main verb (सः)

• भवितव्यम्: what must happen; destiny/inevitability
• भवितव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवितव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निश्चयम्: a resolve; determination
• निश्चयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), same as main verb (सः)

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

• युद्धाय: for battle; for fighting
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• निर्ययौ: set out; departed
• निर्ययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Past (narrative perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a fatalistic turn of mind: when a ruler treats fate and inevitability as supreme, personal agency and ethical reflection can be sidelined, leading to renewed commitment to violence even when consequences are known.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaishampayana narrates that the king (understood here as Duryodhana) deems fate and the inevitable to be stronger than hesitation, makes a firm decision to continue the conflict, and marches out again for battle.