Shloka 16
धर्म्यविजय-नियमाः
Rules for Dharmic Victory in Kṣatriya Engagement
Devanagari script
कर्म चैतदसाधूनामसाधून् साधुना जयेत्
Transliteration
karma caitad asādhūnām asādhūn sādhunā jayet
Translation
Bhishma nói: “Đó chính là cách hành xử đúng đối với kẻ ác: người chính trực phải thắng kẻ phi nghĩa bằng chính nghĩa.”
Word by Word
कर्मdeed, action
कर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
असाधूनाम्of the wicked (unsaintly people)
असाधूनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअसाधु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
असाधून्the wicked (persons)
असाधून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअसाधु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
साधुनाby a good (man), by the virtuous
साधुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसाधु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
जयेत्should conquer, should overcome
जयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
One should not adopt the methods of the wicked to defeat them; the ethical ideal is that a virtuous person prevails over wrongdoing through virtue and righteous conduct.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and governance; here he states a normative principle about dealing with unrighteous people—victory should be achieved through sādhutā (righteousness), not through adharma.