Shloka 36

Devanagari script

पूजन्युवाच न कृतस्य तु कर्तुश्न सख्यं संधीयते पुनः । ह्ृदयं तत्र जानाति कर्तुश्विव कृतस्य च,पूजनी बोली--राजन्‌! जिसका अपकार किया जाता है और जो अपकार करता है, उन दोनोंमें फिर मेल नहीं हो सकता। जो अपराध करता है और जिसपर किया जाता है, उन दोनोंके ही हृदयोंमें वह बात खटकती रहती है

Transliteration

pūjany uvāca na kṛtasya tu kartuś ca sakhyaṃ sandhīyate punaḥ | hṛdayaṃ tatra jānāti kartuś caiva kṛtasya ca ||

Translation

Pūjanī berkata: “Wahai Raja, antara yang dizalimi dan yang berbuat zalim, persahabatan sejati tidak dapat disambung kembali. Peristiwa itu tetap menusuk di hati keduanya—pelaku maupun yang menanggungnya.”

Word by Word

पूजनीPūjanī (name of the speaker)

उवाचsaid

नnot

कृतस्यof the deed done / of the wrong done

तुbut

कर्तुःof the doer (offender)

नnot

सख्यम्friendship / reconciliation

संधीयतेis formed / is made / is brought about

पुनःagain

हृदयम्the heart / mind

तत्रthere / in that matter

जानातिknows / realizes

कर्तुःof the doer (offender)

इवas if / like

कृतस्यof the deed done / of the wrong done

चand

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pūjanī

Rājā (King)

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?

A wrong leaves a lasting imprint on both sides: the victim cannot easily forget the injury, and the perpetrator cannot easily escape the awareness of having done it. Therefore, reconciliation and renewed friendship after harm are difficult and require more than outward agreement.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic exchange within Śānti Parva, Pūjanī addresses a king and reflects on the social and psychological aftermath of wrongdoing, explaining why genuine friendship rarely returns between an offender and the offended.