Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तावत्‌ ते पाण्डवैवीरै: सौहार्द मम रोचते । युद्ध मदनन्‍्तमेवास्तु तात संशाम्य पाण्डवै:

Transliteration

tāvat te pāṇḍava-vīraiḥ sauhārdaṁ mama rocate | yuddham anantam evāstu tāta saṁśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “So long as your friendship with the Pāṇḍava heroes can be restored, that alone seems right to me. Let this war not become endless, dear one—make peace with the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long; until then
• तावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्
• Form: indeclinable (temporal/limit adverb)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• पाण्डव-वीरैः: by/with the Pāṇḍava heroes
• पाण्डव-वीरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डववीर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सौहार्दम्: friendship; amity
• सौहार्दम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मम: of me; to me
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• रोचते: is pleasing; pleases
• रोचते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: present, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada

• युद्धम्: the war
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अनन्तम्: endless; without end
• अनन्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• तात: O dear one; O father/son (term of address)
• तात: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• संशाम्य: having made peace; having appeased
• संशाम्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), having pacified/appeased

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Bhīmasena
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse prioritizes reconciliation over prolonged conflict: restoring goodwill (sauhārda) and ending an escalating war is presented as the wiser, ethically preferable course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra), urging him to make peace with the Pāṇḍavas so the war does not become interminable and ruinous, with the looming threat that warriors like Bhīma, Nakula, and Sahadeva could contribute to devastating losses.