Shloka 26
Devanagari script
दोषमत्र न पश्यामि शूराणां रणमूर्थनि
Transliteration
doṣam atra na paśyāmi śūrāṇāṃ raṇamūrdhani
Translation
Sañjaya said: “Here I see no fault in the warriors, standing at the very forefront of battle.”
Word by Word
दोषम्fault, defect
दोषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पश्यामिI see
पश्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormPresent (Lat), First, Singular
शूराणाम्of the heroes/brave men
शूराणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशूर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
रणमूर्धनिon the battlefield (lit. on the head/top of battle)
रणमूर्धनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण-मूर्धन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaW
warriors (śūrāḥ)B
battlefield (raṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line frames a key ethical stance in epic warfare: when warriors act according to their kṣatriya-duty in open battle, blame is not automatically assigned to their courage or battlefield conduct; moral fault must be judged by intention, justice of cause, and adherence to rules, not merely by the fact of fighting.
Sanjaya, narrating the events of the Kurukṣetra war, comments that he finds no blame in the heroes who are positioned at the very front of the fighting—emphasizing their valor and the accepted martial code of meeting battle directly.