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Shloka 1

धर्म्यविजय-नियमाः

Rules for Dharmic Victory in Kṣatriya Engagement

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ५ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १८ श्लोक हैं) ऑपन--माजर बक। -ज॑ऑ:डिे् पञ्चनवतितमो< ध्याय: विजयाभिलाषी राजाके धर्मानुकूल बर्ताव तथा युद्धनीतिका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच अथ यो विजिगीषित क्षत्रिय: क्षत्रियं युधि । कस्तस्य विजये धर्मों होतं पृष्टो वदस्व मे

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: atha yo vijigīṣuḥ kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyaṃ yudhi | kas tasya vijaye dharmo hotaṃ pṛṣṭo vadasva me ||

Translation

由提施提罗说道：“祖父啊！若有一位渴望征服的刹帝利，在战场上与另一位刹帝利交战，何种法（dharma）能导向他的胜利？我今请问，愿你为我宣说。”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

अथthen/now

यःwho

विजिगीषितःdesirous of conquering

क्षत्रियःa kṣatriya (warrior/king)

क्षत्रियम्a kṣatriya (opponent king)

युधिin battle

कःwhat?/which?

तस्यof him/of that (king)

विजयेin victory / for victory

धर्मःdharma; righteous conduct

भवेत्should be

पृष्टःwhen asked / being asked

वदtell/speak

स्वto me (enclitic pronoun form used for 'me')

मेto me / for me

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma (implied by 'Grandfather')

kṣatriya (warrior-king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a rājadharma inquiry: victory in war is not treated as mere force or strategy, but as something that must be grounded in dharma—rightful conduct and duty—especially when one kṣatriya confronts another.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira approaches Bhīṣma as an authority on dharma and asks what code of conduct a conquest-seeking king should follow to attain victory in a war against another king.