Shloka 26
Devanagari script
दिष्ट्या नाहं परावृत्तो वैरात् प्राकृतवज्जित:
Transliteration
diṣṭyā nāhaṃ parāvṛtto vairāt prākṛtavajjitaḥ
Translation
Sañjaya said: “By good fortune, I have not turned back out of enmity, nor have I behaved in a base, ordinary manner.”
Word by Word
दिष्ट्याfortunately / by good luck
दिष्ट्या:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिष्टि
FormAvyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
FormNegation particle
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormPronoun; masculine/feminine; nominative; singular
परावृत्तःturned back / retreated
परावृत्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरावृत्त
FormMasculine; nominative; singular; past passive participle (क्त) from √वृत् with परा-
वैरात्from enmity / from hostility
वैरात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवैर
FormNeuter; ablative; singular
प्राकृतवत्like a common/ordinary person
प्राकृतवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राकृतवत्
FormAvyaya (vat-pratyaya: 'like/as')
जितःconquered / overcome
जितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootजित
FormMasculine; nominative; singular; past passive participle (क्त) from √जि
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even amid hostility, one should not be driven by vaira (enmity) into rash retreat or ignoble behavior; ethical steadiness and self-mastery are praised as a form of victory.
Sañjaya reports a moment of reflection in the war narrative, emphasizing that he (as speaker) has not acted from spite or fallen into crude conduct, framing the ongoing conflict in terms of personal restraint and propriety.