Shloka 7

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

असम्भावितरूपस्त्वमानृशंस्यं करिष्यसि । तं॑ त्वामयशसा स्मृष्टं न ब्रूयां यदि संजय

Transliteration

asambhāvitarūpas tvam ānṛśaṁsyaṁ kariṣyasi | taṁ tvām ayaśasā smṛṣṭaṁ na brūyāṁ yadi sañjaya ||

Translation

「お前は、その真の性根がまだ見極められていない者だというのに、いま残酷な行いに手を染めようとしている。サンジャヤよ、これによってお前が不名誉に汚れると言わずにいるなら、かかる振る舞いにふさわしい道義の過ちを名指ししないことになる。」

Word by Word

• असम्भावितरूपः: one whose form/condition is not esteemed (dishonoured)
• असम्भावितरूपः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असम्भावित-रूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अमानृशंस्यम्: cruelty; lack of compassion
• अमानृशंस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमानृशंस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular

• तम्: that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अयशसा: with disgrace; by ill-fame
• अयशसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयशस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• स्मृष्टम्: remembered/mentioned (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (स्मृत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ब्रूयाम्: I should say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), First, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cruelty (ānṛśaṁsya) is a clear ethical failing that brings dishonor; moral speech should name and censure such conduct rather than remain silent.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses Sañjaya directly, warning that Sañjaya is about to commit a cruel act and asserting that it would be wrong not to call him disgraced for it.