Shloka 67

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तथार्हतस्ततत्ष त्वं दृष्टि स्वां प्रतिमुड्चसि । मत्यक्षप्रतिघाताय स्वपक्षोद्भावनाय च,आप मेरे पक्षकी पराजय और अपने पक्षकी विजयके लिये इन माननीय सभासदोंपर भी बारंबार अपनी दृष्टि फेंक रही हैं

Transliteration

tathārhatastataḥ tvaṃ dṛṣṭiṃ svāṃ pratimucyasi | matyakṣa-pratighātāya svapakṣodbhāvanāya ca ||

Translation

ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿರುವಂತೆ ನೀನು ಮರುಮರು ನಿನ್ನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀರುತ್ತಿರುವೆ—ನನ್ನ ಮತವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಹತಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತು ನಿನ್ನ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಟ್ಟು ಅದರ ಜಯವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರಪಡಿಸಲು.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

अर्हतःof the worthy/deserving (one)

तत्that

त्वम्you

दृष्टिम्glance, look

स्वाम्your own

प्रतिमुञ्चसिyou cast/throw (a look) towards

मत्यक्ष-प्रतिघातायfor the repulse/defeat of my side

स्वपक्ष-उद्भावनायfor the promotion/raising of your own side

चand

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

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 the ethical tension in debate: the impulse to defeat an opponent and secure victory for one’s own side. It implicitly invites reflection on whether the aim should be mere triumph or the establishment of truth aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janaka addresses his interlocutor in a formal setting (a learned assembly implied by the context), observing that the other person keeps looking around and pressing the discussion with the intention of refuting Janaka’s position and strengthening their own argument.