Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तद्‌ वच: सर्वधर्मज्ञा धार्मिकस्य विशाम्पते । अरोचयन्त सैन्यानि तथा चान्योन्यमब्रुवन्‌,प्रजानाथ! धर्मात्मा अर्जुनका यह वचन समस्त धर्मज्ञोंकोी ठीक लगा। सारी सेनाओंने उसे पसंद किया और सब लोग परस्पर यही बात कहने लगे

Transliteration

tad vacaḥ sarvadharmajñā dhārmikasya viśāmpate | arocayanta sainyāni tathā cānyonyam abruvan |

Translation

قال سَنْجَيا: «يا سيّدَ الناس، إن تلك الكلمة التي قالها الرجلُ البارّ قد استحسنها العارفون بالدارما على وجوهها كلها. ووجدتها الجيوش مقبولة، وأخذ الناس يردّدونها بعضهم لبعض».

Word by Word

तत्that

वचःspeech, word, statement

सर्वधर्मज्ञाःknowers of all dharmas

धार्मिकस्यof the righteous one

विशाम्of the people, of the clans

पतेO lord

अरोचयन्they approved/liked

सैन्यानिthe armies

तथाthus, likewise

चand

अन्योन्यम्each other, mutually

अब्रुवन्they said/spoke

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

viśāmpati (addressed king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

sainyāni (the armies)

sarvadharmajñāḥ (knowers of dharma)

dhārmika (the righteous speaker, contextually Arjuna in the cited Hindi gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech grounded in dharma gains legitimacy through the assent of the dharma-knowing community; ethical clarity can create broad agreement even amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that a righteous statement (understood in context as Arjuna’s) was welcomed by those versed in dharma, and the troops collectively endorsed it, repeating it among themselves.