Shloka 193

Devanagari script

न युक्तमेतत्‌ समरे त्वयि तिष्ठति भारत । “भारत! हमलोगोंके देखते-देखते मद्रदेशकी यह सेना क्‍यों मारी जाती है? तुम्हारे रहते ऐसा कदापि नहीं होना चाहिये

Transliteration

na yuktam etat samare tvayi tiṣṭhati bhārata |

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Esto no es correcto mientras tú, oh Bhārata, te mantienes firme en la batalla. ¿Cómo puede el ejército de Madra ser segado ante nuestros propios ojos? Con tu presencia, jamás debería permitirse que ocurra tal cosa.»

Word by Word

nanot

yuktamproper, fitting

etatthis

samarein battle

tvayiwhen you (are present); in you

tiṣṭhatistands, remains

bhārataO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (addressed person)

Samara (battlefield context)

Madra (Madra army/people, implied by the cited Hindi gloss)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses the ethical and royal duty of a capable leader in war: when a protector is present, allowing allies to be destroyed is ‘not proper’ (na yuktam). It frames battlefield conduct in terms of responsibility, honor, and kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a rebuke/appeal directed to a Kuru leader addressed as ‘Bhārata’: the speaker protests that it is unfitting for the Madra forces to be slain while that leader remains on the field, implying a failure of protection or command.