Shloka 57

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

सुभद्रा वक्ष्यते कि मामभिमन्युमपश्यती

Transliteration

subhadrā vakṣyate ki mām abhimanyum apaśyatī

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Que me dira Subhadrā lorsqu’elle ne verra pas Abhimanyu ?»

Word by Word

• सुभद्रा: Subhadrā
• सुभद्रा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्ष्यते: will speak / will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• किम्: what? (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्युम्: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यती: sees / is seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Subhadrā
• Abhimanyu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when truth must be spoken, the speaker bears a moral burden: how to convey painful reality without cruelty. The verse highlights compassion, responsibility, and the human cost of war beyond the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya anticipates the moment of reporting Abhimanyu’s fate and fears Subhadrā’s reaction when she looks for her son and cannot find him.