Shloka 104

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवमेव तु गोविन्दमर्जुन: प्रत्यभाषत । त॑ प्रहस्याब्रवीत्‌ कृष्ण: सत्यं पार्थमिदं वच:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evam eva tu govindam arjunaḥ pratyabhāṣata | taṁ prahasya abravīt kṛṣṇaḥ satyaṁ pārtham idaṁ vacaḥ ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“രാജാവേ! ഇതേവിധം അർജുനനും ഗോവിന്ദനോട് മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു. അപ്പോൾ കൃഷ്ണൻ പുഞ്ചിരിച്ച് പാർത്ഥനോട് ഈ സത്യവചനം പറഞ്ഞു.”

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

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

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda (Krishna)
• गोविन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यभाषत: replied/answered
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्रति,अभि

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रहस्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada, प्र

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: true/truthful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थम्: to Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: word/speech
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Govinda (Krishna)
• Arjuna
• Krishna
• Partha (Arjuna)
• King (Dhritarashtra, implied addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds truthful counsel in a crisis: Krishna’s response is explicitly framed as satyam (truth), suggesting that ethical clarity and honest guidance are essential amid the confusions of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to the king that Arjuna has spoken to Krishna; Krishna then smiles and begins to answer Arjuna with a truthful statement, setting up the next instruction or revelation.