Shloka 3

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

यत्‌ किंचित्‌ सुद्गदा वाच्यं तत्‌ सर्व श्रावितों हाहम्‌ । कृतं च भवता सर्व प्राणान्‌ संत्यज्य युध्यता,“विप्रवर! एक हितैषी सुहृदको जो कुछ कहना चाहिये, वह सब आपने कह सुनाया। इतना ही नहीं, आपने प्राणोंका मोह छोड़कर युद्ध करते हुए मेरी भलाईके लिये सब कुछ किया है

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

किंचित्anything, something

सुद्गदाO Sudgadā (addressed)

वाच्यम्to be said, should be spoken

तत्that

सर्वम्all, entirely

श्रावितम्has been caused to be heard / has been told

हाalas!

अहम्I

कृतम्done

चand

भवताby you (sir)

सर्वम्everything

प्राणान्life-breaths, lives

संत्यज्यhaving abandoned, giving up

युध्यताwhile fighting / (you) fight

विप्रवरO best of Brahmins

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes