Shloka 24

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा व्यथितं दृष्टवा कृष्णो वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । मा व्यथां कुरु कौन्तेय नैतत्‌ त्वय्युपपद्यते

Transliteration

taṁ tathā vyathitaṁ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | mā vyathāṁ kuru kaunteya naitat tvayy upapadyate ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອເຫັນພະອົງສັ່ນໄຫວດ້ວຍຄວາມທຸກໃຈເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ, ກຣິດສະນະຈຶ່ງກ່າວວ່າ: «ຢ່າໃຫ້ຄວາມໂສກເຂົ້າຄອບງຳ, ໂອ ບຸດແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ; ຄວາມຫມົດຫວັງແບບນີ້ບໍ່ສົມຄວນແກ່ເຈົ້າ».

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

व्यथितम्distressed, afflicted

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

कृष्णःKrishna

वचनम्speech, words

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

माdo not

व्यथाम्distress, agitation

कुरुdo, make

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

नnot

एतत्this

त्वयिin you, for you

उपपद्यतेis fitting, is appropriate

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Kaunteya (Arjuna)

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?

Kṛṣṇa urges inner steadiness and rejects unworthy dejection: grief that weakens resolve is ethically and socially unfitting for a Kṣatriya facing a righteous duty. The verse frames composure and courage as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa observes Kaunteya (Arjuna) overcome by agitation and immediately addresses him, instructing him not to succumb to distress because such a state is not appropriate for him in the battlefield context.