Shloka 58

Devanagari script

नियच्छ मन्युं पाञ्चाल्यात्‌ प्रशाम्य शिनिपुड्भव । पार्षतस्य क्षम त्वं वै क्षमतां पार्षतश्न ते

Transliteration

niyaccha manyuṁ pāñcālyāt praśāmya śinipuḍbhava | pārṣatasya kṣama tvaṁ vai kṣamatāṁ pārṣataś ca te ||

Translation

संजय बोले—हे शिनिपुत्र! पाञ्चालपुत्र के प्रति अपने क्रोध को रोकिए और शान्त हो जाइए। आप पार्षतपुत्र को क्षमा करें और पार्षतपुत्र भी आपको क्षमा करे।

Word by Word

• नियच्छ: restrain (you restrain)
• नियच्छ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम् (यच्छ्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• मन्युम्: anger
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पाञ्चाल्यात्: from the Panchala (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पाञ्चाल्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• प्रशाम्य: having calmed (yourself)
• प्रशाम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• शिनिपुड्भव: O descendant of Śiniput (O Sātyaki)
• शिनिपुड्भव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिनिपुड्भव (शिनिपुड् + भव)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पार्षतस्य: of the Pārṣata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• क्षम: forgive (you forgive)
• क्षम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine/feminine (common), nominative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• क्षमताम्: let him forgive / may he be forgiving
• क्षमताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम्
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, singular, आत्मनेपदम्

• पार्षतः: the Pārṣata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अश्नु: attain / obtain
• अश्नु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine/feminine (common), dative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śini (lineage reference)
• Pāñcālya (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, one should restrain anger and seek mutual forgiveness; self-control and reconciliation are upheld as dharmic virtues that prevent further escalation of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an appeal addressed to the Śini-descended warrior (commonly understood as Sātyaki) to calm his rage toward the Pāñcālya—identified as Dhṛṣṭadyumna—and to establish mutual forgiveness between them.