Shloka 56

Devanagari script

स भवानीदृशं मित्र मन्‍्यते च यथा भवान्‌

Transliteration

sa bhavān īdṛśaṃ mitra manyate ca yathā bhavān

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「友よ、彼はお前をまさにそのような者と見ている――お前がそのままの姿であるように。」

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवानीदृशम्: such as you (of your kind)
• भवानीदृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवान्-ईदृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मित्र: O friend
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: Neuter, Vocative, Singular

• मन्यते: thinks/considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a person’s judgment of another often rests on perceived character and established reputation: one is ‘held to be’ exactly what one has shown oneself to be. Ethically, it underscores the weight of conduct in shaping trust and expectation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, narrating events to Dhritarashtra, reports someone’s assessment of the addressed person: that individual considers the listener to be of a certain kind—precisely as the listener truly is—reinforcing a point about confidence, expectation, or reliance in the ongoing war narrative.