Shloka 173

Devanagari script

नान्य: पाज्चाल्यपुत्रेभ्यो विद्यते भुवि पापकृत्‌ *वास्तवमें भीष्मका वध करनेवाला भी तेरा महान्‌ पापाचारी भाई ही है। इस पृथ्वीपर पांचालराजके पुत्रोंके सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा पाप करनेवाला नहीं है

Transliteration

nānyaḥ pāñcālyaputrebhyo vidyate bhuvi pāpakṛt

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「この地上において、パーンチャーリーの子らを除き、かほどまでに凶悪な所業をなす罪人は他にいない。――この言葉は、その殺害を重大な道義の罪として位置づけ、非難をただその一団のみに帰している。」

Word by Word

nanot

anyaḥanother (one)

pāñcālya-putrebhyaḥfrom the sons of the Pāñcāla (king)

vidyateexists / is found

bhuvion earth

pāpakṛtevil-doer / sinner

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāñcālī (Draupadī)

sons of Pāñcālī (Draupadī’s sons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores moral accountability in war: certain acts are judged as intrinsically sinful (pāpa), and responsibility is not diluted—Sañjaya singles out the specific perpetrators as uniquely blameworthy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, condemns a particular grievous killing and asserts that no one on earth, except the sons of Pāñcālī (Draupadī), could be called the perpetrator of such a sin.