Shloka 67

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

यद्‌ ब्रवीमि च कौन्तेय धार्तराष्ट्रानहं रणे

Transliteration

yad bravīmi ca kaunteya dhārtarāṣṭrān ahaṃ raṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O son of Kuntī, whatever I declare about the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the midst of battle…”

Word by Word

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say/speak
• ब्रवीमि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons of Dhritarashtra (Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaunteya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
• battle (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames speech as accountable testimony: Sañjaya positions his words about the Kauravas as a report grounded in the ethical seriousness of war, where truth, responsibility, and the consequences of counsel are heightened.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Pāṇḍava as “Kaunteya” and begins a statement about the Dhṛtarāṣṭras (Kauravas) ‘in battle,’ introducing or continuing a report about their conduct or fate in the conflict.