Shloka 10

Droṇa Interdicts Sātyaki; Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and Duel with Kṛtavarmā (द्रोण-निवारणम्, सात्यकि-प्रवेशः, कृतवर्म-युद्धम्)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ तं विलपितं सर्व मया राजन्‌ निशामितम्‌ । अर्थ निविशमानस्य विषमिश्र॑ यथा मधु,राजन! आप स्वार्थमें सने हुए हैं। आपका यह सारा विलाप-कलाप मैंने सुन लिया। यह विषमिश्रित मधुके समान ऊपरसे ही मीठा है (इसके भीतर घातक कठटुता भरी हुई है)

Transliteration

tat taṁ vilapitaṁ sarvaṁ mayā rājan niśāmitam | artha-niviśamānasya viṣa-miśraṁ yathā madhu ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、あなたのその嘆きのすべてを私は聞いた。それは毒を混ぜた蜜のようなもの——表は甘いが、内には私利が染み込み、ゆえに結末は致命的となる。」

Word by Word

तत्that

तम्him/that (person)

विलपितम्lamentation; what was lamented

सर्वम्all, entire

मयाby me

राजन्O king

निशामितम्heard/observed

अर्थम्meaning, purpose

निविशमानस्यof (one) entering/settling (in)

विष-मिश्रम्mixed with poison

यथाas, like

मधुhoney

राजन्O king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sañjaya warns that emotionally appealing speech can conceal harmful motives: lamentation that is ‘sweet’ may still be ethically corrupt if it is driven by self-interest, like honey mixed with poison.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), stating that he has listened to the king’s entire outpouring and judges it to be superficially pleasing but inwardly tainted—suggesting that the king’s grief and words are entangled with partisan, self-serving aims amid the war’s unfolding.