Shloka 30

Adhyāya 6: Śibira-dvāra-sthita Bhūta-varṇana and Aśvatthāmā’s Śaraṇāgati to Mahādeva

Devanagari script

न चैतदभिजानामि चिन्तयन्नपि सर्वथा । ध्रुवं येयमधर्मे मे प्रवृत्ता कलुषा मति:

Transliteration

na caitad abhijānāmi cintayann api sarvathā | dhruvaṁ yeyam adharme me pravṛttā kaluṣā matiḥ ||

Translation

Walau kupikirkan dengan segala cara, aku tetap tak dapat mengenali siapa ini. Sungguh, batinku yang ternoda—yang telah berpaling kepada adharma—telah mendatangkan akibat mengerikan ini sebagai buah yang telah ditetapkan.

Word by Word

• {'na': 'not', 'ca': 'and', 'etad': 'this (thing/person/event)', 'abhijānāmi': 'I recognize

• I know for certain', 'cintayan': 'thinking

• reflecting', 'api': 'even', 'sarvathā': 'in every way

• entirely', 'dhruvam': 'certainly

• surely', 'yā iyam (yeyam)': 'this which (indeed this)', 'adharme': 'in adharma

• in unrighteousness', 'me': 'my

• of me', 'pravṛttā': 'engaged

• turned toward', 'kaluṣā': 'stained

• morally tainted', 'matiḥ': 'mind

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral causality: when one’s intention (mati) becomes tainted and turns toward adharma, the resulting suffering and fearful outcomes are experienced as inevitable consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya expresses confusion and inability to identify what he is encountering, and he interprets the frightening situation as the sure outcome of his own morally stained resolve that had moved toward unrighteous action.