Shloka 173

Devanagari script

नान्य: पाज्चाल्यपुत्रेभ्यो विद्यते भुवि पापकृत्‌ *वास्तवमें भीष्मका वध करनेवाला भी तेरा महान्‌ पापाचारी भाई ही है। इस पृथ्वीपर पांचालराजके पुत्रोंके सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा पाप करनेवाला नहीं है

Transliteration

nānyaḥ pāñcālyaputrebhyo vidyate bhuvi pāpakṛt

Translation

Sañjaya berkata—di bumi ini tiada pendosa lain, tiada pelaku dosa sekeji itu, selain putra-putra Pāñcālī. Sesungguhnya pembunuh Bhīṣma pun adalah saudaramu sendiri yang besar dosanya; di dunia ini, selain putra-putra raja Pāñcāla, tak ada yang melakukan dosa demikian.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• anyaḥ: another (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: anya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• pāñcālya-putrebhyaḥ: from the sons of the Pāñcāla (king)
• pāñcālya-putrebhyaḥ: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāñcālya-putra
• Form: masculine, ablative, plural

• vidyate: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (to be found/exist)
• Form: present, ātmanepada, 3rd, singular, active (ātmanepada usage)

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvi (from bhūmi)
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• pāpakṛt: evil-doer / sinner
• pāpakṛt: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: pāpa-kṛt
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• sons of Pāñcālī (Draupadī’s sons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores moral accountability in war: certain acts are judged as intrinsically sinful (pāpa), and responsibility is not diluted—Sañjaya singles out the specific perpetrators as uniquely blameworthy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, condemns a particular grievous killing and asserts that no one on earth, except the sons of Pāñcālī (Draupadī), could be called the perpetrator of such a sin.