Shloka 26

Devanagari script

किमन्यत्क्रोधलोभाशभ्यां युद्धमेवाद्य सात्वत । त॑ तथावादिन तत्र सात्यकि: प्रत्यभाषत

Transliteration

kim anyat krodha-lobhāśabhyāṁ yuddham eva adya sātvatāḥ | taṁ tathā-vādinaṁ tatra sātyakiḥ pratyabhāṣata ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「怒りと貪欲に駆られている以上、今日あるのは戦いのほかに何があろうか、サートヴァタよ。」そうしてその場で、サーティヤキはそのように語った者に答えた。

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अन्यत्: other (else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• क्रोध: by anger
• क्रोध: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: masculine, instrumental, dual

• लोभाभ्याम्: by greed
• लोभाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, dual

• युद्धम्: battle, fighting
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सात्वत: O Sātvata (descendant of Sātvata)
• Type: Noun (vocative proper/epithet)
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तथा: thus, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वादिन्: when (he) speaking / in the speaker
• वादिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वादिन्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रत्यभाषत: replied, spoke in return
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-भाष्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• Sātvata (address/title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights anger (krodha) and greed (lobha) as ethical roots that propel destructive conflict, implying that when such passions dominate, war becomes the inevitable outcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that someone characterizes the day’s situation as inevitably leading to battle due to anger and greed; in response to that statement, Sātyaki answers back, signaling engagement in the unfolding confrontation.