Shanti Parva Adhyaya 129 Shloka 21 - Mahabharata | English | Vedapath

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Shloka 21

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

सत्यमेतन्न संदेहो यदेतदू व्याह्ृतं त्वया । राजा बोले--भगवन्‌! मैं आपको प्रसन्न करना चाहता हूँ। मुझे अपने पुत्रसे मिलनेकी बड़ी इच्छा है। द्विजश्रेष्ठू आपने मुझसे इस समय जो कुछ कहा है, आपका यह सारा कथन सत्य है, इसमें संदेह नहीं ।।

Translation

“This is truth; there is no doubt that what you have declared is so.” The king said, “O Bhagavan, I wish to please you. I long greatly to meet my son. O best of the twice-born, all that you have spoken to me at this time is true—of this there is no doubt.” Then the Blessed One smiled…

Word by Word

सत्यम्true; truth

एतत्this

नnot

सन्देहःdoubt

यत्that which

एतत्this

उindeed; emphatic particle

व्याहृतम्uttered; spoken

त्वयाby you

ततःthen; thereafter

प्रहस्यhaving laughed; smiling

भगवान्the venerable one; the blessed sage

तनुःbody; form

धर्मभूताम्being of the nature of dharma; righteous in essence

वरःthe excellent one; the best

Speaker

कृश उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes