Shloka 333

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

आज्ञापय कुरुश्रेष्ठ मा च शोके मन: कृथा: । “मानद! इस संसारमें ऐसा कोई कार्य नहीं है, जो मेरे लिये असाध्य हो अथवा जिसे मैं आपकी आज्ञा मिलनेपर न करूँ। कुरुश्रेष्ठ। आज्ञा दीजिये। अपने मनको शोकमें न डालिये'

Transliteration

ājñāpaya kuruśreṣṭha mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ |

Translation

サञ्जャヤは言った。「命じてください、クル族の最上者よ。悲嘆に心を沈めてはなりません。この世に、私にとって成し得ぬ務めはなく、あなたの命を受ければ、成さぬことなど何一つありません。」

Word by Word

आज्ञापयcommand / give the order

कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus

माdo not

चand

शोकेin grief

मनःmind

कृथाःmake / place

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed Kuru leader)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness in duty: the speaker urges the leader to abandon grief and act through clear command and resolve, emphasizing loyal readiness to carry out rightful orders.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the tense context of the Drona Parva’s war narrative, Sañjaya speaks to a Kuru leader, encouraging him not to grieve and assuring him that any commanded task will be accomplished.