Shloka 25
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
Devanagari script
नापयाति भयात् कृष्ण संग्रामाद् यदि चेन्मम
Transliteration
nāpayāti bhayāt kṛṣṇa saṅgrāmād yadi cenmama
Translation
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ കൃഷ്ണാ, ഭയത്താൽ അവൻ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്മാറാതിരുന്നാൽ—അതാണെങ്കിൽ എന്റെ ആശങ്ക—അപ്പോൾ കാര്യം रणത്തിലെ ധൈര്യവും ദൃഢനിശ്ചയവും തന്നെയാകും നിർണ്ണയിക്കുക.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
apayātigoes away/withdraws
apayāti:
TypeVerb
Rootapa√yā
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
bhayātfrom fear/out of fear
bhayāt:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya
Formneuter, ablative, singular
kṛṣṇaO Krishna
kṛṣṇa:
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
saṅgrāmātfrom the battle
saṅgrāmāt:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootsaṅgrāma
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
yadiif
yadi:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi
cetindeed/then (emphatic particle)
cet:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcet
mamaof me/my
mama:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
Formgenitive, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
KṛṣṇaS
saṅgrāma (battle)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds the ethical tension between fear and steadfastness in a righteous conflict: retreat motivated by fear is contrasted with the expectation of firmness in one’s martial duty.
Sañjaya, narrating events, addresses Kṛṣṇa and frames a conditional point about someone not withdrawing from the battlefield out of fear, highlighting the psychological stakes within the ongoing war.