Shloka 7

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

पश्येमे रोदसी कृष्ण ययोरासन्निमा: प्रजा:

Transliteration

paśyeme rodasī kṛṣṇa yayorāsann imāḥ prajāḥ

Translation

毗摩塞那说道：“看哪，噢，奎师那，这两界——天与地——万有众生皆居其中。”在此语境中，毗摩强调人类行为所处的道德疆场何其广大：即将到来的冲突中所作的抉择，将震荡整个生命秩序，而非仅限于一国一域。

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• इमे: these (two)
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, dual

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ)
• Form: feminine, nominative, dual

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ययोः: of which two / of whom (two)
• ययोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: feminine, genitive, dual

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रजाः: creatures, subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Kṛṣṇa
• rodasī (heaven and earth)
• prajāḥ (beings/subjects)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīma invokes “the two worlds” to stress that human choices—especially those leading to war—carry consequences that touch the whole moral and cosmic order. The verse frames political conflict as an ethical matter with universal scope.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, as tensions move toward open war, Bhīmasena addresses Kṛṣṇa and points to the vastness of the worlds in which all beings live, heightening the seriousness of the decisions and actions about to be taken.