Shloka 27

Devanagari script

रक्ष्यते यश्ष संग्रामे ये च संजय रक्षिण: । एक: साधारण: पन्था रक्ष्यस्य सह रक्षिभि:,संजय! संग्राममें जिसकी रक्षा की जाती है और जो लोग रक्षक हैं, उन रक्षकोंसहित रक्षणीय पुरुषके लिये एकमात्र साधारण मार्ग रह गया है पराजय

Transliteration

rakṣyate yaḥ sa saṅgrāme ye ca sañjaya rakṣiṇaḥ | ekaḥ sādhāraṇaḥ panthā rakṣyasya saha rakṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯಾ! ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವವನಿಗೂ ಅವನ ರಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೂ—ರಕ್ಷ್ಯನೊಂದಿಗೆ ರಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಒಂದೇ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತದೆ: ಅವರು ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಬೇಕು, ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೇ ಬೀಳಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

रक्ष्यतेis protected

यःwho

संग्रामेin battle

येwho (those who)

चand

संजयO Sanjaya

रक्षिणःprotectors/guards

एकःone/only

साधारणःcommon/general

पन्थाःpath/way

रक्ष्यस्यof the one to be protected

सहtogether with

रक्षिभिःwith/by the protectors

संजयO Sanjaya

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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 war, protection is not an individual matter: the protected leader and his defenders share a single destiny. Ethically, it highlights collective duty (rakṣaṇa-dharma) and the shared consequences of failure in leadership and guardianship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield situation where a key person is being guarded by defenders. He emphasizes that, under pressure, there is only one ‘common path’ for both—the outcome (especially defeat, if the defense breaks) will be shared by the protected and the protectors alike.