Shloka 6

Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement

Devanagari script

नान्यमस्यानुपश्यामि प्रतियोद्धारमाहवे

Transliteration

nānyam asyānupaśyāmi pratiyoddhāram āhave

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Auf diesem Schlachtfeld sehe ich für ihn keinen anderen, der ihm wahrhaft als Gegenstreiter im Kampf standhalten könnte.“

Word by Word

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

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/this (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनुपश्यामि: I see/consider (as possible)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रतियोद्धारम्: a counter-fighter, opponent
• प्रतियोद्धारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतियोद्धृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring reflection on unequal power in war: when a warrior’s prowess becomes overwhelming, the moral weight of resistance shifts from mere strength to resolve, strategy, and adherence to kṣatriya-dharma despite daunting odds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, remarks that he sees no other warrior capable of serving as a true counter-opponent for a particular fighter in the ongoing battle, emphasizing that warrior’s dominance at that moment.