Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दिष्टयासि राजन्‌ न हतो दिष्ट्या न ग्रहणं गत: । परिसान्त्वय बीभत्सुं जयमाशाधि चानघ,“निष्पाप नरेश! सौभाग्यकी बात है कि (कर्णके द्वारा) न तो आप मारे गये और न पकड़े ही गये। अब आप अर्जुनको सान्त्वना दें और उन्हें विजयके लिये आशीर्वाद प्रदान करें!

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | diṣṭyāsi rājan na hataḥ diṣṭyā na grahaṇaṃ gataḥ | parisāntvaya bībhatsuṃ jayam āśādhi cānagha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “By good fortune, O King, you have not been slain; by good fortune you have not fallen into captivity. Now console Bībhatsu (Arjuna) and, O sinless one, bid him hope for victory and bless him toward triumph.”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately / by good luck
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 2nd person, singular (asi)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation particle

• हतः: killed / slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) / हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation particle

• ग्रहणम्: capture / seizure
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• गतः: gone (into) / met with
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) / गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past active participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• परिसान्त्वय: comfort (him) fully
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + सान्त्वय (सान्त्वयति, धातु-प्रयोगः)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, singular (parisāntvaya)

• बीभत्सुम्: Arjuna (the terrible one)
• बीभत्सुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• आशाधि: bestow / pronounce (a blessing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + शास् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, singular (āśādhi)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• Karna (implied as the opponent in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic war, one should respond to survival and reversals with steadiness: reassure the shaken, restore morale, and orient action toward rightful victory rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that he has not been killed or captured in the encounter (with Karṇa in context) and urges him to console Arjuna (Bībhatsu) and encourage him to seek victory.