Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यच्चैवं मन्यसे मूढ न मे कश्रिद्‌ व्यतिक्रम: । पाण्डवेष्विति तत्‌ सर्व निबोधत नराधिपा:

Transliteration

yaccaivaṁ manyase mūḍha na me kaścid vyatikramaḥ | pāṇḍaveṣv iti tat sarvaṁ nibodhata narādhipāḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຖ້າເຈົ້າຄິດຢ່າງນັ້ນ, ໂອ ຄົນຫຼົງ, ຈົ່ງຮູ້ໄວ້ວ່າ ຝ່າຍຂ້ອຍບໍ່ມີການລ່ວງເກີນແຕ່ຢ່າງໃດ. ສ່ວນທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບພວກປານດະວະ—ຈົ່ງເຂົ້າໃຈໃຫ້ຄົບຖ້ວນທັງໝົດ, ໂອ ບັນດາກະສັດ.”

Word by Word

यत्that (which)

चand

एवम्thus

मन्यसेyou think

मूढO deluded one

नnot

मेof me / my

कश्चित्anyone

व्यतिक्रमःtransgression / overstepping

पाण्डवेषुwith regard to / among the Pāṇḍavas

इतिthus (quotative)

तत्that

सर्वम्all / entirely

निबोधतunderstand / know (you all)

नराधिपाःO kings (lords of men)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

narādhipāḥ (kings)

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 speaker asserts moral and procedural correctness—claiming no ‘vyatikrama’ (breach of right conduct)—and urges rulers to understand the full situation regarding the Pāṇḍavas before judging. The ethical emphasis is on careful discernment and fairness in political decision-making.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses an interlocutor (calling him ‘mūḍha’) and then turns to the assembled kings, asking them to grasp the complete matter concerning the Pāṇḍavas. The line functions as a transition into a fuller explanation or justification in the surrounding discourse.