Shloka 55

Devanagari script

सुनीतैरिह सर्वार्था: सिध्यन्ते नात्र संशय: । एतमर्थमहं ज्ञात्वा ततो ग्जामि गौतम,“गौतम! इस संसारमें सुनीतिपूर्ण प्रयत्नोंसे सारे कार्य सिद्ध होते हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है। इस बातको समझकर ही मैं गर्जना करता हूँ

Transliteration

sunītair iha sarvārthāḥ sidhyante nātra saṁśayaḥ | etam artham ahaṁ jñātvā tato garjāmi gautama ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Here in this world, all aims are accomplished through well-guided, prudent effort—of this there is no doubt. Understanding this truth, I therefore raise my cry, O Gautama.”

Word by Word

सुनीतैःby good policies / by right conduct

इहhere, in this world

सर्वार्थाःall aims / all purposes

सिध्यन्तेare accomplished, succeed

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

संशयःdoubt

एतम्this

अर्थम्meaning, point, matter

अहम्I

ज्ञात्वाhaving known, having understood

ततःthereupon, then

गर्जामिI roar / I proclaim loudly

गौतमO Gautama

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Gautama

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts that success in worldly aims comes through sunīti—prudent, ethically guided strategy and effort—rather than through doubt or mere chance; recognizing this, the speaker proclaims it emphatically.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, in the course of his report, addresses “Gautama” and declares a reflective maxim: that well-directed means accomplish objectives; having grasped this, he raises his voice in proclamation.