Shloka 16

सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः

Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation

Devanagari script

महाबाहो! आप वहाँ केवल जानेमात्रसे धर्मराजके अभीष्ट मनोरथको सिद्ध कर देंगे; इसमें संशय नहीं है ।।

Transliteration

Mahābāho! āpa vahāṁ kevala jāne-mātrase dharmarājakē abhīṣṭa manorathako siddha kara dēṅgē; isameṁ saṁśaya nahīṁ. Viduraś caiva Bhīṣmaś ca Droṇaś ca saha Bāhlīkaḥ; śreyaḥ samarthā vijñātum ucyamānās tvayānagha, niṣpāpa Śrīkṛṣṇa!

Translation

那俱罗说道：“大臂勇者啊，你只要前往那里，便必定——毫无疑问——成就由提湿提罗王所珍藏的心愿。并且，毗度罗、毗湿摩、德罗那，以及婆诃利迦——当你为他们开示时，哦无瑕无垢的圣克里希那——都能辨明通向真正福祉的正道（śreyas）。”

Word by Word

• {'mahābāho': 'O mighty-armed one

• an honorific implying strength and capability', 'kevala-jāna-mātrāt': 'by the mere act of going

• simply by arriving/presenting oneself', 'dharmarāja': 'King of Dharma

• epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira', 'abhīṣṭa': 'desired, cherished, longed-for', 'manoratha': 'aim, intention, heartfelt purpose', 'siddha kar-': 'to accomplish, bring to fulfillment', 'saṁśaya': 'doubt, uncertainty', 'ca eva': 'and indeed

• emphatic conjunction', 'saha': 'together with', 'śreyaḥ': 'the good, true welfare

• the ethically superior course', 'samarthāḥ': 'capable, competent', 'vijñātum': 'to understand, to discern clearly', 'ucyamāna': 'being spoken/explained', 'tvayā': 'by you (instrumental)

• through your agency', 'anagha': 'O blameless one

• free from fault', 'niṣpāpa': 'sinless

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Vidura
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Bāhlīka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral clarity (śreyas) is best grasped when articulated by a person of recognized integrity; Kṛṣṇa’s mere presence and counsel can align even powerful elders toward the truly beneficial course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula urges Kṛṣṇa to go to the Kuru assembly, confident that Kṛṣṇa will fulfill Yudhiṣṭhira’s aim; he adds that senior figures—Vidura, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and Bāhlīka—can understand the welfare-path if Kṛṣṇa explains it.