Shloka 63

Devanagari script

इति तान्‌ परिभाषन वै वैश्यापुत्रो महामति:

Transliteration

iti tān paribhāṣan vai vaiśyāputro mahāmatiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having thus addressed them, the wise son of a Vaiśya spoke on—his words marking a pointed reply within the charged moral atmosphere of war.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• परिभाषन्: addressing/speaking to
• परिभाषन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भाष्
• Form: present active participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैश्यापुत्रः: the son of a Vaiśyā
• वैश्यापुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्यापुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महामतिः: great-minded, very wise
• महामतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vaiśyāputraḥ (the son of a Vaiśya, unnamed here)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how speech and counsel function as moral instruments in war: a wise figure’s response is framed as significant, suggesting that right judgment and measured address (even amid violence) remain ethically weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that, after speaking to those present, a person identified as the wise ‘son of a Vaiśya’ continues or delivers a reply—serving as a transition into the next statement or counsel in the episode.