Shloka 26
Devanagari script
किमन्यत्क्रोधलोभाशभ्यां युद्धमेवाद्य सात्वत । त॑ तथावादिन तत्र सात्यकि: प्रत्यभाषत
Transliteration
kim anyat krodha-lobhāśabhyāṁ yuddham eva adya sātvatāḥ | taṁ tathā-vādinaṁ tatra sātyakiḥ pratyabhāṣata ||
Translation
ಓ ಸಾತ್ವತನೇ! ಕ್ರೋಧ-ಲೋಭಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರೇರಿತವಾಗಿ ಇಂದು ಯುದ್ಧವಲ್ಲದೆ ಇನ್ನೇನು ಇರಬಹುದು? ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡಿದವನಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿ ಪ್ರತಿವಚನ ನೀಡಿದನು.
Word by Word
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
अन्यत्other (else)
अन्यत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
क्रोधby anger
क्रोध:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
Formmasculine, instrumental, dual
लोभाभ्याम्by greed
लोभाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
Formmasculine, instrumental, dual
युद्धम्battle, fighting
युद्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
Formneuter, accusative, singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
सात्वतO Sātvata (descendant of Sātvata)
सात्वत:
TypeNoun (vocative proper/epithet)
Rootसात्वत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तथाthus, in that way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वादिन्when (he) speaking / in the speaker
वादिन्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवादिन्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
सात्यकिःSātyaki
सात्यकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootसात्यकि
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रत्यभाषतreplied, spoke in return
प्रत्यभाषत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-भाष्
Formimperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaS
Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)S
Sātvata (address/title)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
The verse highlights anger (krodha) and greed (lobha) as ethical roots that propel destructive conflict, implying that when such passions dominate, war becomes the inevitable outcome.
Sañjaya narrates that someone characterizes the day’s situation as inevitably leading to battle due to anger and greed; in response to that statement, Sātyaki answers back, signaling engagement in the unfolding confrontation.