Shloka 19

Adhyāya 6: Śibira-dvāra-sthita Bhūta-varṇana and Aśvatthāmā’s Śaraṇāgati to Mahādeva

Devanagari script

ब्रुवतामप्रियं पथ्यं सुहदां न शूणोति यः

Transliteration

bruvatām apriyaṃ pathyaṃ suhṛdāṃ na śṛṇoti yaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sagte: „Wer nicht auf den heilsamen Rat wohlmeinender Freunde hört, selbst wenn er unerquicklich zu hören ist…“

Word by Word

• ब्रुवताम्: of those who speak / (they) speak
• ब्रुवताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन

• अप्रियम्: unpleasant (thing)
• अप्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पथ्यम्: wholesome / beneficial (thing)
• पथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पथ्य
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सुहदाम्: of friends / well-wishers
• सुहदाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

• शृणोति: he hears / listens
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical failure: refusing to hear beneficial advice simply because it is unpleasant. In dharmic terms, wisdom includes receptivity to truthful, welfare-oriented counsel from well-wishers, even when it wounds pride or contradicts desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a moral pattern relevant to the unfolding tragedy: a person ignores the salutary but unwelcome words of friends and advisers. This sets the stage for ruinous decisions in the aftermath of war, where hardened minds reject corrective counsel.