Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तद्‌ वच: सर्वधर्मज्ञा धार्मिकस्य विशाम्पते । अरोचयन्त सैन्यानि तथा चान्योन्यमब्रुवन्‌,प्रजानाथ! धर्मात्मा अर्जुनका यह वचन समस्त धर्मज्ञोंकोी ठीक लगा। सारी सेनाओंने उसे पसंद किया और सब लोग परस्पर यही बात कहने लगे

Transliteration

tad vacaḥ sarvadharmajñā dhārmikasya viśāmpate | arocayanta sainyāni tathā cānyonyam abruvan |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງປະຊາ, ຖ້ອຍຄຳນັ້ນຂອງຜູ້ມີທຳ ໄດ້ຮັບການເຫັນດີຈາກຜູ້ຮູ້ທຳທັງປວງ. ກອງທັບທັງຫມົດກໍພໍໃຈ ແລະຜູ້ຄົນກໍເລີ່ມເວົ້າຕໍ່ກັນວ່າເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ»។

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech, word, statement
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सर्वधर्मज्ञाः: knowers of all dharmas
• सर्वधर्मज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्मज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धार्मिकस्य: of the righteous one
• धार्मिकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people, of the clans
• विशाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• पते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अरोचयन्: they approved/liked
• अरोचयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सैन्यानि: the armies
• सैन्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अन्योन्यम्: each other, mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adverbial (from pronoun/adjective)
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रुवन्: they said/spoke
• अब्रुवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• viśāmpati (addressed king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• sainyāni (the armies)
• sarvadharmajñāḥ (knowers of dharma)
• dhārmika (the righteous speaker, contextually Arjuna in the cited Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech grounded in dharma gains legitimacy through the assent of the dharma-knowing community; ethical clarity can create broad agreement even amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that a righteous statement (understood in context as Arjuna’s) was welcomed by those versed in dharma, and the troops collectively endorsed it, repeating it among themselves.