18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो
यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।
तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्
ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ
tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) is still speaking, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र). This is the last verse.
The verse
Where Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is, lord of yoga, and where Pārtha (पार्थ) is, the bow-bearer, there is fortune, victory, prosperity, and firm right: that is my thought.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ योगका स्वामी कृष्ण हुन्छन्, र जहाँ धनुष बोक्ने पार्थ हुन्छ, त्यहाँ सौभाग्य, विजय, समृद्धि र अटल नीति हुन्छ। त्यो मेरो विचार हो।
Where it sits
Sañjaya's (सञ्जय) last verse is the report Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र) asked for in 1.1: where Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is and where the bow-bearer is, there the fortune is, and the man who let the bow fall has taken it up.
Split: यत्र + योग-ईश्वरः + कृष्णः + यत्र + पार्थः + धनुर्-धरः + तत्र + श्रीः + विजयः + भूतिः + ध्रुवा + नीतिः + मतिः + मम
yatra + yoga-īśvaraḥ + kṛṣṇaḥ + yatra + pārthaḥ + dhanur-dharaḥ + tatra + śrīḥ + vijayaḥ + bhūtiḥ + dhruvā + nītiḥ + matiḥ + mama
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| यत्र | yatra | indeclinable | where. |
| योग-ईश्वरः | yoga-īśvaraḥ | nominative | the lord of yoga. |
| कृष्णः | kṛṣṇaḥ | nominative | Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| यत्र | yatra | indeclinable | where. The second where. |
| पार्थः | pārthaḥ | nominative | Pārtha (पार्थ). Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
| धनुर्-धरः | dhanur-dharaḥ | nominative | the bow-bearer. dhanus (धनुस्) is the bow. dhara (धर) is "bearing." |
| तत्र | tatra | indeclinable | there. |
| श्रीः | śrīḥ | nominative | fortune, splendor. |
| विजयः | vijayaḥ | nominative | victory. |
| भूतिः | bhūtiḥ | nominative | prosperity, thriving. |
| ध्रुवा | dhruvā | nominative feminine | firm. Agrees with nītiḥ (नीतिः). |
| नीतिः | nītiḥ | nominative | right counsel, the right course. |
| मतिः | matiḥ | nominative | thought, judgment. |
| मम | mama | genitive | my. |
The phrases
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ (यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः) is the pair of places, which are one place. Where Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is, lord of yoga, and where Pārtha (पार्थ) is, the bow-bearer. The bow that fell in 1.47 is in his name again.
tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītiḥ (तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिः) is what is there. Fortune, victory, prosperity, and firm right. dhruvā (ध्रुवा) is feminine with nītiḥ (नीतिः). The other three are their own nominatives.
matir mama (मतिर्मम) is whose judgment this is. Mine. Sañjaya's (सञ्जय). He is giving Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र) the conclusion of the report.
Sanskrit in this line
iḥ (इः) and īḥ (ईः) before a voiced consonant become ir (इर्) and īr (ईर्). श्रीः + विजयः śrīḥ + vijayaḥ is śrīr vijayaḥ (श्रीर्विजयः). भूतिः + ध्रुवा bhūtiḥ + dhruvā is bhūtir dhruvā (भूतिर्ध्रुवा). नीतिः + मतिः nītiḥ + matiḥ is nītir matiḥ (नीतिर्मतिः), and मतिः + मम matiḥ + mama is matir mama (मतिर्मम). धनुस् + धर dhanus + dhara is dhanurdhara (धनुर्धर), the visarga of the bow becoming r (र्) before the voiced dh (ध्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say who is where, and what is there. If dhanurdharaḥ (धनुर्धरः) is a man who has dropped the bow, stay here.