Shloka 37
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
Devanagari script
यस्ते पार्थेषु विद्वेषो या भक्ति: कौरवेषु च
Transliteration
yaste pārtheṣu vidveṣo yā bhaktiḥ kauraveṣu ca
Translation
Sañjaya said: “That hostility you bear toward the sons of Pṛthā, and that devotion you show toward the Kauravas…”
Word by Word
यःwho/which
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पार्थेषुamong/with regard to the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
पार्थेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
विद्वेषःhatred/hostility
विद्वेषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
याwhich
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भक्तिःdevotion/loyalty
भक्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कौरवेषुamong/with regard to the Kauravas
कौरवेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pārthas (Pandavas)K
KauravasCharacter 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 verse highlights the moral danger of partiality: hatred toward one side and devotion to another distort judgment in war and governance, undermining dharma by replacing fairness with factional attachment.
Sañjaya addresses the listener (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra), pointing to his entrenched animosity toward the Pāṇḍavas and his loyal bias toward the Kauravas, setting up a critique of the attitudes driving decisions during the Kurukṣetra war.