Shloka 20

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवमाभाष्यमाणो<पि भ्रातृभि: कुरुनन्दन: । नोवाच वाग्यतः किंचिद्‌ गच्छत्येव युधिछिर:,संजय कहते हैं--राजन्‌! भाइयोंके इस प्रकार कहनेपर भी कुरुकुलको आनन्दित करनेवाले राजा युधिष्ठिर उनसे कुछ नहीं बोले। चुपचाप चलते ही गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evam ābhāṣyamāṇo 'pi bhrātṛbhiḥ kurunandanaḥ | novāca vāgyataḥ kiñcid gacchaty eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, though addressed in this manner by his brothers, Yudhiṣṭhira—the delight of the Kuru line—spoke nothing at all. Restrained in speech, he simply continued on in silence, suggesting an inward struggle where duty and conscience weigh heavily amid the approach of war.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

आभाष्यमाणःbeing addressed/spoken to

अपिeven/also

भ्रातृभिःby (his) brothers

कुरुनन्दनःthe delight of the Kurus (Yudhiṣṭhira)

नnot

उवाचspoke/said

वाक्-यतःrestrained in speech, silent

किञ्चित्anything, at all

गच्छतिgoes

एवindeed/just

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

the brothers (Pāṇḍavas)

Kuru lineage

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes