Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एतांश्व वचसा साम्ना समाश्वासय मानद । विदितं वेदितव्यं ते न शोक॑ कर्तुमहसि,“मानद! इन सबको अपने शान्तिपूर्ण वचनसे आश्वासन दो। तुम्हें जाननेयोग्य तत्त्वका ज्ञान हो चुका है। अतः तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिये”

Transliteration

etān śvavacasā sāmnā samāśvāsaya mānada | viditaṃ veditavyaṃ te na śokaṃ kartum arhasi ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O noble one, reassure all these with calm, conciliatory words. What ought to be known has already become known to you; therefore you should not give way to grief.”

Word by Word

एतान्these (persons)

चand

वचसाwith words/speech

साम्नाwith a soothing chant/with conciliation

समाश्वासयcomfort, reassure

मानदO giver of honor (epithet)

विदितम्is known/has been known

वेदितव्यम्what should be known

तेto you/for you

नnot

शोकम्grief

कर्तुम्to do/to make

अर्हसिyou ought/are fit

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mānada (addressed person; honorific epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should steady oneself and others through gentle, conciliatory speech; when the essential truth or duty has been understood, grief should not be indulged in, because it weakens discernment and resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya urges the addressed noble person to console those present with soothing words and to refrain from sorrow, implying that the situation has been comprehended and calls for composed action rather than lamentation.