Shloka 4
द्रोण–सात्यकि-युद्धम्
Droṇa–Sātyaki Engagement
भवान् पितृसमो महां धर्मराजसमोडपि च । तथा कृष्णसमश्वैव सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते,“आप मेरे लिये पिता पाण्डु, भ्राता धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर तथा सखा श्रीकृष्णके समान हैं। यह मैं आपसे सच्ची बात कहता हूँ
sañjaya uvāca | bhavān pitṛ-samo mahān dharma-rāja-samo 'pi ca | tathā kṛṣṇa-samaś caiva satyam etad bravīmi te ||
Sañjaya said: “To me, you are like my father Pāṇḍu, like my brother Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira, and also like my friend Kṛṣṇa. This is the truth I speak to you.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) expressed through ethical speech: sincere acknowledgment of relational duties—reverence like a father, regard like a righteous elder brother, and trust like a friend—showing how dharma is upheld through honest, respectful address.
Sañjaya, while reporting events of the Drona Parva, conveys a statement of deep personal regard: he tells the addressed person that he is as dear and worthy as Pāṇḍu, Yudhiṣṭhira, and Kṛṣṇa, emphasizing that he speaks this as a truthful declaration.