Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मूढास्त्वेतानि भाषन्ते यानीमान्यात्थ भारत

Transliteration

mūḍhās tv etāni bhāṣante yānīmāny āttha bhārata

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「おおバーラタよ、このように語るのは迷える者だけだ――汝が今しがた口にした言葉を、そのまま繰り返しているにすぎぬ。」

Word by Word

• मूढाः: deluded (people)
• मूढाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एतानि: these (things/words)
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भाषन्ते: they speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• यानि: which (things/words)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इमानि: these (here)
• इमानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आत्थ: you have said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (addressed person, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts wise discernment with delusion: careless or confused minds merely echo and amplify misguided statements. It cautions that speech should be grounded in clarity and responsibility, especially amid moral crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report to the Kuru elder (addressed as Bhārata), he rebukes a line of talk as foolish—indicating that certain remarks being circulated are simply the deluded repeating what the listener has just said.