Shloka 10

Devanagari script

आखूयातव्यं मदीयानां ये5स्मिन्‌ जीवन्ति संयुगे

Transliteration

ākhyātavyaṃ madīyānāṃ ye 'smin jīvanti saṃyuge

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Es muss den Meinen gemeldet werden — wer in dieser Schlacht noch am Leben ist.“

Word by Word

• आखूयातव्यम्: is to be called/summoned
• आखूयातव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आखूयातव्य (आ + √ह्वा)
• Form: तव्यत्, भावे/कर्मणि (gerundive; obligation), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मदीयानाम्: of my (people/men)
• मदीयानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जीवन्ति: live/are alive
• जीवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव्
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd, Plural, परस्मैपद

• संयुगे: in the battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the speaker’s own side (madīyāḥ)
• battle (saṃyuga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war’s chaos, one has a duty to give a truthful accounting—especially about life and death—so that decisions and responsibilities are faced without denial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals the need to inform the Kaurava side about which of their own warriors are still alive in the ongoing battle, emphasizing an urgent report of survivors.