Shloka 33
“नरश्रेष्ठट हम दोनों एक साथ तुम्हारी सहायताके लिये चले हैं। तुम्हारे दुःख-सुखमें हमारा समान भाग होगा, तुम्हें हम दोनोंपर संदेह नहीं करना चाहिये” ।। अश्वत्थामा तु संक्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन् । ताभ्यां तथ्यं तथा55चख्यौ यदस्यात्मचिकीर्षितम्,उस समय अश्वत्थामा पिताके वधका स्मरण करके रोषसे आगबबूला हो रहा था। उसके मनमें जो कुछ करनेकी इच्छा थी, वह सब उसने उन दोनोंसे ठीक-ठीक कह सुनाया
sañjaya uvāca | narāśreṣṭha! vayam ubhau ekasātha tava sahāyatāyai calitau | tava duḥkha-sukhe asmākaṃ samānaḥ bhāgaḥ bhaviṣyati; tvayā asmatsu ubhayor api saṃdeho na kartavyaḥ || aśvatthāmā tu saṃkruddhaḥ pitur vadham anusmaran | tābhyāṃ tathyaṃ tathā ācakhyau yad asya ātma-cikīrṣitam ||
Sañjaya said: “O best of men, we two have set out together to aid you. In your sorrow and in your joy we shall have an equal share; you should not doubt either of us.” But Aśvatthāmā, inflamed with anger as he recalled the killing of his father, truthfully disclosed to those two what he himself intended to do. The passage highlights how vows of loyalty and shared fate can become instruments that enable revenge when grief hardens into wrath.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts pledged solidarity with the moral danger of being drawn into another’s vengeance: shared loyalty can become complicity when anger rooted in bereavement drives one toward harmful intent.
Two companions assure support and shared fate, urging trust; meanwhile Aśvatthāmā, burning with rage at his father’s killing, openly tells them his intended course of action—setting the stage for the grim events of the Sauptika episode.