Shloka 55

Devanagari script

न चेदेवं प्राप्तकालं वचो मे मोहाविष्ट: प्रतिपत्स्यस्यबुद्धया । तप्स्यस्यन्ते एतदन्ता: स्थ सर्वे सत्यामेतां भारतीमीरयामि,“दुर्योधन! यदि तुम मोहवश अपनी मूर्खताके कारण मेरे इस समयोचित वचनको नहीं मानोगे तो अन्तमें पछताओगे और इस युद्धमें ही तुम सब लोगोंका अन्त हो जायगा। यह मैं तुमसे सच्ची बात कह रहा हूँ"

Transliteration

na ced evaṃ prāptakālaṃ vaco me mohāviṣṭaḥ pratipatsyasi buddhyā | tapsyasy ante etad-antāḥ stha sarve satyām etāṃ bhāratīm īrayāmi |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If, deluded, you do not accept with understanding this timely counsel of mine, then in the end you will burn with remorse. All of you stand at the edge of destruction—this war will be your end. I speak this to you as the plain truth.”

Word by Word

• {'na cet': 'if not

• if you do not', 'evam': 'thus

• in this manner', 'prāptakālam': 'timely

• appropriate to the moment', 'vacaḥ': 'speech

• words', 'me': 'my', 'mohāviṣṭaḥ': 'overcome by delusion

• bewildered', 'pratipatsyasi': 'you will accept/understand

• you will follow', 'buddhyā': 'with understanding

• with discernment', 'tapsyasi': 'you will suffer

• you will burn (with grief/remorse)', 'ante': 'at the end

• finally', 'etad-antāḥ': 'having this as the end

• ending in this (destruction)', 'stha': 'you are

• you stand (2nd pl. of √sthā)', 'sarve': 'all (of you)', 'satyām': 'truthfully

• in truth', 'bhāratīm': 'speech

• utterance (also: relating to the Bhāratas)', 'īrayāmi': 'I utter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Timely, truthful counsel should be received with discernment; delusion (moha) that rejects wise advice leads to inevitable ruin and later remorse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya delivers a grave warning to Duryodhana: if he refuses this moment-appropriate advice due to delusion, the Kauravas will meet destruction in the war and regret it at the end.