Shloka 27

Devanagari script

नेयं सभा राजपुत्र नाचार्यस्य निवेशनम्‌

Transliteration

neyaṃ sabhā rājaputra nācāryasya niveśanam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王子よ、ここは王の सभा（議場）ではない。師の住まいでもない。ここは戦と危難の地——評議の宮廷や学びの庇護所と取り違えるな。」

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सभा: assembly hall
• सभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजपुत्र: O prince
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आचार्यस्य: of the teacher
• आचार्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निवेशनम्: dwelling; residence
• निवेशनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājaputra (prince)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• ācārya (the Teacher/preceptor)
• niveśanam (dwelling/residence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns against confusing the battlefield with spaces meant for deliberation or instruction. Ethically, it underscores situational awareness: in war, one must not expect the protections, decorum, or guidance associated with a court (sabhā) or a teacher’s residence (ācārya-niveśana).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a prince and corrects his perception of the setting, emphasizing that the present scene is not a peaceful hall of counsel or a preceptor’s abode, but a harsh wartime context where different rules and dangers prevail.