Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मुनिर्यथारण्यगतो भाषसे धर्मसंहितम्‌ । न्यस्तदण्डो यथा पार्थ ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:,'पार्थ! वनवासी मुनि अथवा किसी भी प्राणीको दण्ड न देते हुए कठोर व्रतका पालन करनेवाला ब्राह्मण जिस प्रकार धर्मका उपदेश करता है, उसी प्रकार तुम भी धर्मसम्मत बातें कह रहे हो

Transliteration

munir yathāraṇyagato bhāṣase dharmasaṃhitam | nyastadaṇḍo yathā pārtha brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಪಾರ್ಥನೇ, ಅರಣ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿದ ಮುನಿಯು ಧರ್ಮಸಮ್ಮತವಾಗಿ ಉಪದೇಶಿಸುವಂತೆ, ಅಥವಾ ದಂಡವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಯಾವುದೇ ಜೀವಿಗೂ ದಂಡ ವಿಧಿಸದ ಕಠೋರವ್ರತ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಬೋಧಿಸುವಂತೆ, ನೀನೂ ಧರ್ಮಸಂಗತವಾದ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನೇ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀಯೆ.

Word by Word

मुनिःsage

यथाas, just as

अरण्यगतःgone to the forest, dwelling in the forest

भाषसेyou speak

धर्मसंहितम्in accordance with dharma, dharma-consistent

न्यस्तदण्डःhaving laid aside the staff (non-violent)

यथाas, just as

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

ब्राह्मणःa brahmin

संशितव्रतःof sharpened/strict vows, austere

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Partha (Arjuna)

muni (sage)

brāhmaṇa (Brahmin)

araṇya (forest)

daṇḍa (staff/rod of punishment)

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?

Speech should be aligned with dharma—measured, disciplined, and ethically grounded—like the counsel of an ascetic sage or a strict-vowed Brahmin who restrains the impulse to punish and speaks from moral clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya addresses Arjuna (Partha), praising his words as dharma-consistent. He compares Arjuna’s speech to that of forest-dwelling sages and self-restrained Brahmins, highlighting the moral tone of Arjuna’s counsel amid the tensions of the war narrative.