Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यद्य॒हं भवतोस्त्याज्यो न वाच्यो5स्मि तदैव हि । आवां पाण्डुसुतान्‌ संख्ये जेष्याव इति मानदौ,“दूसरोंको मान देनेवाले वीरो! यदि आपलोग मुझे त्याग देना ही उचित समझते थे तो आपको उसी समय मुझसे यह नहीं कहना चाहिये था कि “हमलोग पाण्डवोंको युद्धमें जीत लेंगे!

Transliteration

yady ahaṃ bhavatos tyājyo na vācyo 'smi tadaiva hi | āvāṃ pāṇḍusutān saṅkhye jeṣyāva iti mānadau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If you two truly deemed it right to cast me off, then at that very time you should not have spoken to me at all, saying, ‘We shall defeat the sons of Pāṇḍu in battle.’ O you who honor others, such words bind one to responsibility; to reject a person after taking his counsel is ethically blameworthy.”

Word by Word

यदिif

अहम्I

भवतोःof you two

त्याज्यःto be abandoned / fit to be given up

नnot

वाच्यःto be spoken to / to be addressed

अस्मिI am

तदाthen / at that time

एवindeed / just

हिfor / indeed

आवाम्we two

पाण्डुसुतान्the sons of Pandu (the Pandavas)

संख्येin battle

जेष्यावःwe two shall conquer

इतिthus (quotative)

मानदौO you two who give honor (O respectful ones)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍusuta (Pāṇḍavas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes