Shloka 23

Droṇa Encircled at Night: Coalition Advance and Battlefield Omens (द्रोणपर्यावरणं रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

आह कुन्ती नूनमार्या पापमद्य निदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

āha kuntī nūnam āryā pāpam adya nidarśanam

Translation

ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಯೆ ಕುಂತಿಯು ಇಂದು ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಉದಾಹರಣೆಯಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.

Word by Word

• आह: said
• आह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (ब्रू/वद्-अर्थे)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• कुन्ती: Kunti
• कुन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• आर्या: noble (lady)
• आर्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पापम्: sin, evil
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• निदर्शनम्: manifestation, evidence, example
• निदर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निदर्शन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war and crisis, speech should serve dharma: naming wrongdoing as a clear example helps cultivate moral discernment and discourages repetition of harmful acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kuntī has spoken, characterizing a present act or situation as ‘sin’ and presenting it as a cautionary example—an ethical commentary within the unfolding battlefield narrative.