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Shloka 543

कृष्णस्य च तथास्मत्तो मित्रमन्यन्न विद्यते । “माननीय पुरुषसिंह! अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके यादवों तथा पांचालोंसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई हमलोगोंका मित्र नहीं है। इसी प्रकार अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके लोगोंका तथा विशेषत: श्रीकृष्णका हमलोगोंसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई मित्र नहीं है

sañjaya uvāca | kṛṣṇasya ca tathāsmatto mitram anyan na vidyate | mānanīya puruṣasiṃha! andhaka-vṛṣṇivaṃśa-ke yādavānāṃ tathā pāñcālānāṃ ca baddhataro 'smākaṃ mitro nāsti | tathā andhaka-vṛṣṇivaṃśa-janasya viśeṣataḥ śrīkṛṣṇasya ca asmābhiḥ paraṃ mitram anyan na vidyate |

Sañjaya dit : «Pour Kṛṣṇa, et de même pour nous, il n’est point d’autre ami au-delà de ce lien. Ô vénérable lion parmi les hommes ! Pour nous, nul allié n’est plus grand que les Yādava des lignées Andhaka et Vṛṣṇi, ainsi que les Pāñcāla ; et de même, pour les Andhaka et les Vṛṣṇi—et surtout pour Śrī Kṛṣṇa—nul ami n’est plus grand que nous.»

कृष्णस्यof Krishna
कृष्णस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तथाlikewise/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अस्मत्तःfrom us/than us
अस्मत्तः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Ablative, Plural
मित्रम्a friend
मित्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्यत्another/other
अन्यत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormLat, Atmanepada, Present indicative, Third, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kṛṣṇa
A
Andhakas
V
Vṛṣṇis
Y
Yādavas
P
Pāñcālas

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharmic friendship as mutual fidelity: true alliance is not transactional but grounded in steadfast support and reciprocal trust, especially during crisis.

Sañjaya emphasizes to the addressed listener (a ‘lion among men’) that Kṛṣṇa and the Yādava clans (Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis), along with the Pāñcālas, stand in an unmatched bond of friendship with ‘us,’ underscoring the political-moral strength of their coalition amid the war context.