Shloka 37

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

यस्ते पार्थेषु विद्वेषो या भक्ति: कौरवेषु च

Transliteration

yaste pārtheṣu vidveṣo yā bhaktiḥ kauraveṣu ca

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「お前がプリターの子らに抱く憎しみ、そしてカウラヴァらに示す帰依と忠誠……」

Word by Word

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थेषु: among/with regard to the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विद्वेषः: hatred/hostility
• विद्वेषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भक्तिः: devotion/loyalty
• भक्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरवेषु: among/with regard to the Kauravas
• कौरवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārthas (Pandavas)
• Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral danger of partiality: hatred toward one side and devotion to another distort judgment in war and governance, undermining dharma by replacing fairness with factional attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the listener (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra), pointing to his entrenched animosity toward the Pāṇḍavas and his loyal bias toward the Kauravas, setting up a critique of the attitudes driving decisions during the Kurukṣetra war.