Shloka 25

Devanagari script

स्मरामि तानि सर्वाणि बाल्यवृत्तानि यानि नौ । तानि सर्वाणि जीर्णानि साम्प्रतं नो रणाजिरे,“हम दोनोंके बचपनमें परस्पर जो बर्ताव रहे हैं, उन सबको इस समय मैं याद कर रहा हूँ; परंतु अब इस समरांगणमें हमारे वे सभी सद्व्यवहार जीर्ण हो गये हैं

Transliteration

smarāmi tāni sarvāṇi bālyavṛttāni yāni nau | tāni sarvāṇi jīrṇāni sāmprataṃ no raṇājire ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I remember all those childhood ways of ours—every mutual act and habit we once shared. Yet now, here on this battlefield, all those former courtesies and bonds have grown worn away.”

Word by Word

• स्मरामि: I remember
• स्मरामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्, वर्तमान, उत्तम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• बाल्यवृत्तानि: childhood behaviors/acts
• बाल्यवृत्तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्यवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• नौ: of us two
• नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जीर्णानि: worn out, obsolete
• जीर्णानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जॄ/जॄण्/जॄ (जीर्ण) / √जृ (पुराणे) परम्परागत)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण)
• Form: true

• नः: of us two
• नः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• battlefield (raṇājira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war can erode earlier bonds and ethical courtesies: personal history and affection may be remembered, yet the harsh demands of conflict can make those former relations ineffective in the present moment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reflects on the shared childhood conduct of two opponents (implied by “nau,” ‘we two’) and laments that, in the current battle situation, those old mutual dealings have become ‘worn out’ and no longer restrain hostility.