Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मामनुजानीत भद्रं वो5स्तु नरर्षभा: । अदर्शनं गमिष्यामि न मां द्रक्ष्यन्ति पाण्डवा:,“अतः नरश्रेष्ठ वीरोी! आपका कल्याण हो। आपलोग मुझे जानेकी आज्ञा दें। मैं अदृश्य हो जाऊँगा। पाण्डव मुझे नहीं देख सकेंगे”

Transliteration

tasmān mām anujānīta bhadraṁ vo 'stu nararṣabhāḥ | adarśanaṁ gamiṣyāmi na māṁ drakṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Therefore, O best of men, grant me leave; may welfare be yours. I shall pass beyond sight and become unseen—so that the Pāṇḍavas will not be able to behold me.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुजानीत: permit (me), give leave
• अनुजानीत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, 2, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भद्रम्: welfare, good fortune
• भद्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Plural

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Imperative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नरर्षभाः: O bulls among men (best of men)
• नरर्षभाः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• अदर्शनम्: invisibility, non-appearance
• अदर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go/enter (into)
• गमिष्यामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: will see
• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, speech is framed by propriety: Sañjaya seeks formal permission (anujñā) and offers an auspicious benediction (bhadraṁ vo 'stu). The verse highlights etiquette, restraint, and the ethical weight of intention when employing concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya announces that he will depart and become unseen, stating that the Pāṇḍavas will not be able to see him. It signals a tactical withdrawal into invisibility or concealment, presented with courteous leave-taking.