Shloka 55

Devanagari script

उपारमध्वं संग्रामाद्‌ वैरमुत्सूज्य पार्थिवा: । 'भूपालगण! अब आपलोग आपसका वैरभाव छोड़कर युद्धसे विरत हो जायँ ।। ५४ - संजय उवाच उपातिष्ठ न्नथो वैद्या: शल्योद्धरणकोविदा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | upāramadhvaṃ saṃgrāmād vairam utsṛjya pārthivāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O kings, cease from this battle; abandoning your enmity, withdraw.”

Word by Word

• उपारमध्वम्: stop; desist
• उपारमध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-रम् (धातु: रम्)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, बहुवचन

• संग्रामात्: from the battle
• संग्रामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), कर्तरि

• पार्थिवाः: kings; rulers
• पार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• pārthivāḥ (kings/rulers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, rulers are urged to abandon personal enmity and choose restraint; dharma is not merely victory but the capacity to stop violence when it is driven by hatred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an appeal addressed to the assembled kings: to cease fighting and give up hostility, signaling a moment where reconciliation is proposed against the tide of battle.