Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यत्र मामभिसंधत्से त्वां चाहं शिनिपुड्भव । त्वं हि प्राणै: प्रियतरो ममाहं च सदा तव,'शिनिप्रवर! इन क्रोध, लोभ आदिके ही अधीन होकर तुम मुझे अपने बाणोंका निशाना बनाते हो और तुम्हें मैं। वैसे तो तुम मुझे प्राणोंसे भी बढ़कर प्रिय रहे हो और मैं भी तुम्हारा सदा ही प्रीतिपात्र रहा हूँ

Transliteration

yatra mām abhisandhatse tvāṁ cāhaṁ śinipuḍbhava | tvaṁ hi prāṇaiḥ priyataro mamāhaṁ ca sadā tava,

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O descendant of Śini, why do you take aim at me, and why do I at you? Driven by anger, greed, and the like, we have turned our arrows upon one another. Yet you have been dearer to me than my very life, and I too have always been an object of your affection.”

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

माम्me

अभिसंधत्सेyou aim (at), you target

त्वाम्you

चand

अहम्I

शिनिपुड्भवO descendant of Śini (Śini-putra-born)

त्वम्you

हिindeed, for

प्राणैःthan (my) lives; with lives (instr. of comparison)

प्रियतरःdearer

ममof me, my

अहम्I

चand

सदाalways

तवof you, your

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śini (ancestral figure, as lineage reference)

Śinipravara/Śinipuḍbhava (epithet addressing a Śini-descendant, commonly Sātyaki)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes