Shloka 69

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

मानयंस्तव पुत्रस्य बाल्यात्‌ प्रभति सौहृदम्‌

Transliteration

mānayaṁs tava putrasya bālyāt prabhṛti sauhṛdam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「幼き日より続く汝の子との友情を重んじて……」

Word by Word

• मानयन्: honouring, showing respect to
• मानयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मानय् (√मान् caus.)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• बाल्यात्: from childhood
• बाल्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• प्रभृति: onwards, starting from
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति
• Form: true

• सौहृदम्: friendship, goodwill
• सौहृदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहृद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• your son (Duryodhana implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds an ethical motive often invoked in the epic: enduring bonds formed in childhood can compel acts of loyalty and deference, even amid the moral chaos of war. It hints at how personal relationships shape choices and responsibilities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his report to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, introducing a character’s conduct as being driven by respect for the long-standing friendship with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, established since childhood.