Shloka 3

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

प्रिया हि पाण्डवा नित्यं मम चापि पितुश्न मे । तथैवावां प्रियौ तेषां न तु युद्धे कुरूद्वह,“कुरुश्रेष्ठ! पाण्डव मुझे तथा मेरे पिताजीको भी बहुत प्रिय हैं। इसी प्रकार उनको भी हम दोनों पिता-पुत्र प्रिय हैं, किंतु युद्धस्थलमें हमारा यह भाव नहीं रहता

Transliteration

priyā hi pāṇḍavā nityaṃ mama cāpi pituś ca me | tathaivāvāṃ priyau teṣāṃ na tu yuddhe kurūdvaha ||

Translation

“कुरुश्रेष्ठ! पाण्डव मुझे और मेरे पिता को सदा प्रिय हैं; और उसी प्रकार हम पिता-पुत्र भी उन्हें प्रिय हैं। किंतु, कुरूद्वह, युद्धभूमि में यह भाव नहीं टिकता।”

Word by Word

प्रियाःdear, beloved

हिindeed, for

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

नित्यम्always

ममof me, my

चand

अपिalso

पितुःof (my) father

मेof me, my

तथाso, likewise

एवindeed, just

आवाम्we two

प्रियौdear (two persons)

तेषाम्of them (the Pandavas)

नnot

तुbut, however

युद्धेin battle

कुरु-उद्वहO foremost of the Kurus

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Sañjaya's father

Kuru (addressed as kurūdvaha)

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?

Affection and long-standing relationships can be real and mutual, yet the conditions of war suppress or override such sentiments; the verse highlights the ethical tragedy that battle forces people to act against personal bonds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Kuru leader (likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and states that the Pāṇḍavas are dear to him and his father, and that this affection is reciprocated; however, once the scene shifts to the battlefield, that mutual warmth does not govern conduct.