Shloka 41

Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)

Devanagari script

कुत्सनं वासुदेवस्यथ मम चैव विशेषत: । श्रुत्वा भवन्त: संरब्धा अस्माकं हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

kutsanaṃ vāsudevasya tha mama caiva viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā bhavantaḥ saṃrabdhā asmākaṃ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ವಾಸುದೇವನನ್ನೂ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನೂ, ನಿಂದಿಸಿದ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಹಿತವನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ನೀವು ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಉರಿದಿದ್ದೀರಿ. ಆ ಪಾಪಿ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನ ವಚನಗಳನ್ನು ನೀವು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದೀರಿ; ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಭಗವಾನ್ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನನ್ನೂ ನನ್ನನ್ನೂ ಅವಮಾನಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• कुत्सनम्: censure, reviling
• कुत्सनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुत्सन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विशेषतः: especially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• भवन्तः: you (honorific), sirs
• भवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संरब्धाः: enraged, provoked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• हितकाम्यया: by (your) desire for (our) welfare
• हितकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of speech: slander and contempt—especially against the virtuous—provoke righteous indignation in well-wishers. It also shows that true allies respond to adharma (malicious speech) not with indifference but with protective concern for those wronged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a group of listeners/allies, noting that they have heard Duryodhana’s insulting words. He explains that Duryodhana has particularly reviled Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and Sañjaya himself, and that the listeners’ anger arises from their desire for the welfare of Sañjaya’s side.