Mahabharata · 7.56.40–41
॥
Devanāgarī
दारुक उवाच
जय एव ध्रुवस् तस्य कुत एव पराजयः ॥
यस्य त्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र सारथ्यम् उपजग्मिवान् ॥
एवं चैतत् करिष्यामि यथा माम् अनुशाससि ॥
सुप्रभाताम् इमां रात्रिं जयाय विजयस्य हि ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dāruka uvāca
jaya eva dhruvas tasya kuta eva parājayaḥ ||
yasya tvaṃ puruṣavyāghra sārathyam upajagmivān ||
evaṃ caitat kariṣyāmi yathā mām anuśāsasi ||
suprabhātām imāṃ rātriṃ jayāya vijayasya hi ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
जयः एव ध्रुवः तस्यjayaḥ eva dhruvaḥ tasyavictory indeed is certain for him; victory indeed is certain for him
कुतः एव पराजयःkutaḥ eva parājayaḥhow then [could there be] defeat; how then could there be defeat
यस्य त्वम् पुरुषव्याघ्रyasya tvam puruṣavyāghrawhose you, O tiger among men; whose you, O man-tiger
सारथ्यम् उपजग्मिवान्sārathyam upajagmivānhave become the charioteer; have become the charioteer
एवम् च एतत् करिष्यामिevam ca etat kariṣyāmiand so this I will do; and so I will do
यथा माम् अनुशाससिyathā mām anuśāsasias you command me; as you command me
सुप्रभाताम् इमाम् रात्रिम्suprabhātām imām rātrim[may] this night be fair-dawned; may this night be fair-dawned
जयाय विजयस्य हिjayāya vijayasya hifor the victory of Vijaya; for the victory of Vijaya
Translation
"Victory is indeed certain for him — how then could defeat come to him — whose charioteer you have become, O tiger among men. And so I shall do as you command me; may this night have a fair dawn — for the victory of Vijaya [Arjuna]."
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Daruka echoes the same law that crowned Arjuna's oath: "jayaḥ eva dhruvaḥ tasya… yasya tvaṃ sārathyam upajagmivān" — victory is certain for him whose charioteer the Lord has become; how then could defeat come to him? It is telling that this truth is spoken by the servant who drives Krishna's horses: even he sees that it is not the horses nor the chariot, but God himself as charioteer, who decides the outcome. The verse teaches the heart of trust: where the Lord has become the charioteer of one's life, victory is unshakeable and defeat unthinkable; and one who has entrusted his chariot to God need only, like Daruka, do as commanded and await the 'fair dawn'.