Shloka 107

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत्‌ कर्म धनंजय । सर्वे भवेयु: सिद्धार्था: कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः

Transliteration

yadīdaṁ katthanāl loke sidhyet karma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“噢，檀那阇耶啊，若在此世间仅凭夸口便能成就所愿，那么人人都将功成名就；因为在自我吹嘘之时，谁又会显得贫乏无力呢？”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• कत्थनात्: from boasting; by bragging
• कत्थनात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कत्थन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सिध्येत्: would be accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• कर्म: the task; action (intended work)
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• धनंजय: O Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वे: all (people)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भवेयुः: would become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• सिद्धार्थाः: having accomplished aims; successful
• सिद्धार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धार्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• कत्थने: in boasting; in bragging
• कत्थने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कत्थन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दुर्गतः: unfortunate; in bad condition; wretched
• दुर्गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्गत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mere self-praise or grand claims do not accomplish real objectives; success depends on genuine capability and action, not on empty rhetoric.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) with a pointed observation: if boasting alone could bring results, everyone would be successful—highlighting the hollowness of talk without substance in the tense pre-war context.