Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मय्यपेक्षा न कर्तव्या कथंचिदपि सात्वत । राजन्येव परा गुप्ति: कार्या सर्वात्मना त्वया,'सात्वतवीर! तुम किसी प्रकार भी मेरा अनुसरण न करना। तुम्हें सब प्रकारसे राजा युधिष्ठिरकी ही पूर्णरूपसे रक्षा करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

mayy apekṣā na kartavyā kathaṃcid api sātvatā | rājany eva parā guptiḥ kāryā sarvātmanā tvayā ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「サートヴァタの勇士よ、いかなる形であれ我を頼るな、我が後を追うな。汝の最高の務めはただ一つ――全身全霊をもって王ユディシュティラを完全に守護することだ。」

Word by Word

मयिin/with regard to me

अपेक्षाfollowing/attention/concern

नnot

कर्तव्याis to be done/should be done

कथंचित्in any way, somehow

अपिeven/also

सात्वतO Sātvata (Vṛṣṇi hero)

राजनिin/with regard to the king

एवindeed/only

पराsupreme, highest

गुप्तिःprotection, guarding

कार्याis to be done/should be done

सर्वात्मनाwith all one’s being; wholly

त्वयाby you

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātvata (addressed hero)

King Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In crisis, dharma requires clear prioritization: personal attachment or deference must not distract from the supreme obligation—protecting the rightful king and the moral center of the cause, here Yudhiṣṭhira.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Sātvata hero, instructing him not to follow or rely on Sañjaya, but to devote himself entirely to safeguarding King Yudhiṣṭhira, emphasizing strategic focus and duty amid the battle context of Droṇa Parva.