Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सबाह्नल्विकान्‌ कुरून्‌ ब्रूया: प्रातिपियाउशरद्वत: । सूतपुत्रं तथा द्रोणं सहपुत्र॑ जयद्रथम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumna uvācedaṃ māṃ vaco gatasādhvasam | sabāhnalvikān kurūn brūyāḥ prātipiyāuśaradvataḥ | sūtaputraṃ tathā droṇaṃ sahaputraṃ jayadratham ||

Translation

ធ្រឹෂ្ដទ្យុម្ន បាននិយាយថា៖ «ចូរនាំពាក្យរបស់ខ្ញុំ—ឥឡូវគ្មានភ័យ—ទៅកាន់សភាកុរុ; ទៅកាន់បាហ្លីក និងកុរុទាំងឡាយ; ទៅកាន់សារ៉ទ្វត ជាវង្សព្រះបាទប្រតីប (គឺក្រឹប); ទៅកាន់កូនសូត (កರ್ಣ) និងទៅកាន់ទ្រូណ; ហើយទៅកាន់ជយទ្រថ ព្រមទាំងកូនរបស់គាត់។ ឲ្យពួកគេឮច្បាស់នូវអ្វីដែលខ្ញុំប្រកាស»។

Word by Word

सhim

अबाह्नल्विकान्those who are not (to be treated as) fire/fiery (epithet; uncertain)

कुरून्the Kurus

ब्रूयाःyou should say / tell

प्रातिपियPrātipiya (proper name; reading uncertain)

औशरद्वतःdescendant of Śaradvat (i.e., Kṛpa/Kṛpācārya; patronymic)

सूतपुत्रम्the charioteer’s son (Karna)

तथाalso / likewise

द्रोणम्Droṇa

सहtogether with

पुत्रम्son

जयद्रथम्Jayadratha

Speaker

धृष्टद्युम्न उवाचेदं मां वचो गतसाध्वसम्‌ |

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Kurus

Bāhlīka

Pratīpa

Śaradvat (Kṛpa)

Sūtaputra (Karṇa)

Droṇa

Jayadratha

Jayadratha’s son

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?

The verse highlights fearless, accountable speech in a public forum: a warrior-leader must state his position openly to all responsible parties, without intimidation, especially when ethical and political stakes are high.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna instructs that his message be delivered in the Kuru assembly, explicitly naming key elders and champions—Bāhlīka, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Droṇa, and Jayadratha (with his son)—signaling a direct address to those shaping the coming conflict.