Mahabharata 7.116.50 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 50

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

याचितो<सि पुरा राजन्‌ दाशार्हैण शमं प्रति । नच तं लब्धवान्‌ काम॑ त्वत्त: कृष्णो महायशा:

Transliteration

yācito ’si purā rājan dāśārheṇa śamaṃ prati | na ca taṃ labdhavān kāmaṃ tvattaḥ kṛṣṇo mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, einst wurdest du von Kṛṣṇa aus dem Geschlecht der Dāśārhas zum Frieden ermahnt; doch von dir erhielt jener ruhmreiche Kṛṣṇa nicht die Erfüllung seines Wunsches.“

Word by Word

• याचितः: having been requested / requested
• याचितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु) → याचित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दाशार्हेण: by the Dāśārha (Krishna)
• दाशार्हेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शमम्: peace
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, for (in regard to)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तम्: that (peace / that request/result)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लब्धवान्: obtained (has obtained)
• लब्धवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) → लब्धवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्तवतुँ (perfective past, agentive)

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वत्तः: from you
• त्वत्तः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महायशाः: of great fame
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha-nandana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s refusal to accept sincere peace-making efforts—especially when urged by a wise and well-intentioned mediator—creates moral culpability and invites destructive consequences. The verse highlights accountability: the failure of reconciliation is traced to the king’s unwillingness to grant what dharma and prudence demanded.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reminds Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛṣṇa earlier approached him seeking a peaceful settlement between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, but Dhṛtarāṣṭra (and his side) did not satisfy that request. This recollection frames the ensuing calamities of war as rooted in a missed opportunity for peace.