Shloka 25

Devanagari script

मयापि च प्रतिज्ञातो वध: सभ्रातृकस्य ते । स तथा भविता पाप नात्र कार्या विचारणा,'पापात्मन! मैंने भी जो तेरे और तेरे भाइयोंके वधकी प्रतिज्ञा की है, वह उसी रूपमें पूर्ण होगी। इस विषयमें तुझे कोई अन्यथा विचार नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

mayāpi ca pratijñāto vadhaḥ sabhrātṛkasya te | sa tathā bhavitā pāpa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «¡Oh malvado! Yo también he jurado tu muerte, la tuya junto con la de tus hermanos. Ese voto se cumplirá tal cual, pecador; aquí no hay lugar para dudas ni reconsideraciones.»

Word by Word

मयाby me

अपिalso

चand

प्रतिज्ञातःpromised / vowed

वधःslaying, killing

सभ्रातृकस्यof (you) together with (your) brothers

तेof you / your

सःthat (vow/result)

तथाthus, in that manner

भविताwill be / will come to pass

पापO sinner / O wicked one

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

कार्याto be done / should be made

विचारणाconsideration, deliberation

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the addressed antagonist (unnamed here)

the antagonist's brothers (collective)

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?

A solemn vow (pratijñā) made in the context of adharma and impending war is presented as binding and inevitable; the verse stresses moral certainty and the inescapability of consequences for wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, speaking within the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation atmosphere, addresses an unnamed ‘wicked’ opponent and declares that his pledged intent to bring about the opponent’s death—along with that of his brothers—will surely be carried out, leaving no scope for doubt.