Shloka 30

Devanagari script

नैतच्चित्रं महाबाहो त्वयि कौरवनन्दन

Transliteration

naitac citraṃ mahābāho tvayi kauravanandana

Translation

ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ, ഹേ കൗരവനന്ദന! നിനക്കിതിൽ അത്ഭുതമൊന്നുമില്ല.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• etat: this
• etat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• citram: wonderful/strange
• citram: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citra
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• mahābāho: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābāhu
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• tvayi: in you/with respect to you
• tvayi: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yusmad
• Form: locative, singular

• kauravanandana: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaurava-nandana
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravanandana (a Kuru prince, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line conveys that truly dharmic or heroic action is not “surprising” when it arises from a person whose character, lineage, and duty (especially a kṣatriya’s) naturally support such conduct; virtue is shown as consistency with one’s rightful role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Kuru prince with respectful epithets, reassuring him that what has occurred (implied by the surrounding context) is not unexpected in someone like him—framing the event as fitting and appropriate rather than astonishing.