Shloka 8

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

प्रिये हि तव वर्तेते भ्रातरौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ । तयो: प्रिये स्थितं चैव विद्धि मां राजपुड़व,“नृपश्रेष्ठ! दोनों भाई श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन आपके प्रिय साधनमें लगे हुए हैं और उन दोनोंके प्रिय कार्यमें आप मुझे तत्पर जानिये

Transliteration

priye hi tava vartete bhrātarau kṛṣṇa-pāṇḍavau | tayoḥ priye sthitaṃ caiva viddhi māṃ rāja-puṅgava ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Stier unter den Königen! Die beiden Brüder — Kṛṣṇa und der Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) — sind mit dem befasst, was dir lieb ist. Wisse auch, dass ich fest dem hingegeben bin, was ihnen lieb ist.“

Word by Word

प्रियेin (your) favor / dear (to you)

हिindeed / for

तवof you / for you

वर्तेतेthey act / they are engaged

भ्रातरौthe two brothers

कृष्णपाण्डवौKrishna and the Pandava (Arjuna)

तयोःof those two

प्रियेin the dear (matter) / in what is dear

स्थितम्placed / situated / engaged

चand

एवindeed / just

विद्धिknow (you) / understand

माम्me

राजपुत्रO prince

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)

King (addressed as rāja-puṅgava; Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)

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?

The verse highlights steadfast loyalty and alignment of purpose: those who are truly devoted act for what is dear and beneficial to their allies, and a messenger/counsellor should be reliable in serving the trusted aims of the righteous leaders.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king, stating that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are actively engaged in the king’s cherished objective, and he adds that he himself is committed to what is dear to those two—signaling dependable support and shared intent amid the war reports.