Shloka 61
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
Devanagari script
यः कार्येभ्यो व्रतं कृत्वा तस्य नानोपपादयेत् । न तत्कलमवाप्रोति एवमाहुर्मनीषिण:
Transliteration
yaḥ kāryebhyo vrataṃ kṛtvā tasya nānopapādayet | na tat kalam avāpnoti evam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ ||
Translation
风神说：“凡为成就某些职责而立誓，却又不能以正当方式贯彻到底者，便得不到所期之果。智者皆如是宣说。”
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कार्येभ्यःfrom duties/required acts
कार्येभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Ablative, Plural
व्रतम्a vow/observance
व्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made/taken
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अनुपपादयेत्should not carry out/fulfil
अनुपपादयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-उप-√पद्
FormVidhi-lin (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तत्that (result/fruit)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्नोतिattains/obtains
अवाप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव-√आप्
FormLat (present indicative), Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
आहुःthey said/they declare
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (ब्रू/अह्)
FormLit (perfect), Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
मनीषिणःthe wise (sages)
मनीषिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VāyudevaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A vow is meaningful only when it is properly fulfilled; merely taking a vow for some purpose, without carrying it through with due correctness and completion, does not yield the intended fruit.
Vāyudeva is speaking as an authority figure, offering a general ethical maxim: disciplined commitments (vrata) must be executed properly to produce results—an instruction relevant to the characters’ choices and responsibilities in the war context.