Shloka 71

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

आशीविषैरविषिश्षापि जले चापि प्रवेशनै: । त्वया विनिकृता राजन्‌ राज्यस्य हरणेन च

Transliteration

āśīviṣair aviṣiṣṭhāpi jale cāpi praveśanaiḥ | tvayā vinikṛtā rājan rājyasya haraṇena ca

Translation

尤提士提罗说道：“大王啊，你曾加害于我——手段如毒蛇般致命，甚至逼我入水，又夺取了我的国土。你的所作所为如同毒药，剥夺我本应拥有的一切，并将我推入险境。”

Word by Word

• आशीविषैः: with venomous snakes
• आशीविषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीविष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविषिश्षापि: with those whose curse is like poison
• अविषिश्षापि: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविषिश्षापिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• प्रवेशनैः: by (acts of) entering/immersion
• प्रवेशनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• विनिकृता: deceived/cheated
• विनिकृता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-कृ (कृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हरणेन: by the taking/abduction
• हरणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• rājan (the addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames political dispossession and treacherous coercion as morally equivalent to lethal violence: taking a rightful kingdom through deceit is an ethical injury as grave as poisoning or forcing someone into deadly danger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and accuses him of having wronged him through perilous, coercive acts and, above all, by seizing his kingdom—highlighting the injustice that helped drive the conflict.