Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तात मन्युर्न ते कार्यो नात्मा शोच्यस्त्वया तथा । नून॑ पूर्वकृतं कर्म सुघोरमनुभूयते,“तात! तुम्हें खेद या क्रोध नहीं करना चाहिये। साथ ही अपने लिये शोक करना भी उचित नहीं है। निश्चय ही सब लोग अपने पहलेके किये हुए अत्यन्त भयंकर कर्मोंका ही परिणाम भोगते हैं

Transliteration

tāta manyur na te kāryo nātmā śocyas tvayā tathā | nūnaṁ pūrvakṛtaṁ karma sughoram anubhūyate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Dear child, you should not give way to anger or grief; nor is it right for you to lament for yourself. Surely, what is being endured now is the fruition of one’s own previously performed deeds—terribly severe in their consequence.”

Word by Word

तातO dear (son)! / O child!

मन्युःanger

नnot

तेof you / your

कार्यःto be done; fit to be done

नnot

आत्माself

शोच्यःto be grieved for; worthy of lamentation

त्वयाby you

तथाthus; likewise; in that way

नूनम्surely; indeed

पूर्वकृतम्done previously

कर्मdeed; action; karma

सुघोरम्very terrible

अनुभूयतेis experienced; is undergone

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

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?

One should restrain anger and self-pity, recognizing that present suffering is the maturation of prior actions (karma). The verse frames endurance and composure as ethically appropriate responses amid calamity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shalya Parva war context, Sanjaya addresses someone younger as “tāta,” counseling them not to succumb to rage or grief and interpreting the harsh events being faced as the inevitable consequence of earlier deeds.