Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वाच्यस्त्वमसि पार्थश्न सर्वेैश्ञान्धकवृष्णिभि:

Transliteration

vācyas tvam asi pārthaśna sarvaiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇibhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ô meurtrier de Pārtha, tous les Andhaka et les Vṛṣṇi doivent t’interpeller et te sommer de répondre».

Word by Word

• वाच्यः: to be addressed / should be spoken to
• वाच्यः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाच्य (√वच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आन्धकवृष्णिभिः: by the Andhakas and the Vrishnis
• आन्धकवृष्णिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्धक + वृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (as referenced in the epithet)
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how public address and recognition function as markers of status and obligation: being ‘vācyas’ implies one is formally acknowledged and therefore drawn into the social-ethical network of honor, alliance, and responsibility among clans.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the person addressed by the epithet ‘pārthaśna’ is being recognized by the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis as someone they must speak to or summon—indicating a moment of clan-level attention and alignment in the broader war narrative.