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Shloka 8

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

स कथं मम वाक्यानि श्रद्दधध्याद्‌ भूय एव तु । “हमलोगोंने राजा युधिष्ठिरकके साथ छल किया है। वे महाधनी थे, हमने उन्हें जूएमें जीतकर निर्धन बना दिया। ऐसी दशामें वे हमलोगोंपर विश्वास कैसे कर सकते हैं? हमारी बातोंपर उन्हें फिर श्रद्धा कैसे हो सकती है? ।। तथा दौत्येन सम्प्राप्त: कृष्ण: पार्थहिते रत:,“ब्रह्मन्‌! पाण्डवोंके हितमें तत्पर रहनेवाले श्रीकृष्ण मेरे यहाँ दूत बनकर आये थे, किंतु मैंने उन हृषीकेशके साथ धोखा किया। मेरा वह कर्म अविचारपूर्ण था। भला, अब वे मेरी बात कैसे मानेंगे?

sa kathaṁ mama vākyāni śraddadhyād bhūya eva tu | “vayaṁ rājānaṁ yudhiṣṭhiram saha chalayitvā jūte jitvā nirdhanaṁ kṛtavantaḥ; tādṛśyāṁ daśāyāṁ sa asmāsu kathaṁ viśvaset? asmākaṁ vākyebhyaḥ punar asya kathaṁ śraddhā bhavet?” tathā dautyena samprāptaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pārthahite rataḥ | “brahman! pāṇḍavānāṁ hitārthaṁ satataṁ pravṛttaḥ śrīkṛṣṇo mama gṛhaṁ dūtaḥ san āgataḥ; ahaṁ tu tena hṛṣīkeśena saha vañcanaṁ kṛtavān. tat karma mama avicārapūrvakam āsīt. kathaṁ nu sa idānīṁ mama vākyam manyeta?”

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— അങ്ങനെ ഇരിക്കെ അവൻ എന്റെ വാക്കുകളിൽ വീണ്ടും എങ്ങനെ വിശ്വാസം വെക്കും? പാർത്ഥന്റെ ഹിതത്തിൽ നിരതനായ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനും ദൂതനായി എന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വന്നിരുന്നു.

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वाक्यानिwords, statements
वाक्यानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
श्रद्दध्यात्might believe / should trust
श्रद्दध्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रद्-धा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तुbut
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
दौत्येनby/with (the act of) being a messenger; as envoy
दौत्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदौत्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सम्प्राप्तःarrived, having come
सम्प्राप्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-प्र-आप्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णःKrishna
कृष्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पार्थहितेin the welfare of the son of Pritha (Arjuna/Pandavas)
पार्थहिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपार्थहित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रतःengaged, devoted
रतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्
FormPast passive participle (kta) used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sanjaya)
युधिष्ठिर (Yudhishthira)
श्रीकृष्ण (Krishna)
पार्थ (Partha/Arjuna)
पाण्डव (Pandavas)
हृषीकेश (Hrishikesha)

Educational Q&A

Deceit destroys credibility: when one violates dharma through fraud—especially against the righteous and through dishonorable means like the dice-game—trust becomes nearly impossible to restore. The verse highlights moral causality: unethical actions erode the very ground on which persuasion and reconciliation depend.

Sanjaya reports a reflection on past wrongdoing: the speaker recalls how the Kauravas cheated Yudhishthira in the gambling match and later acted deceitfully even toward Krishna when he came as a diplomatic envoy for the Pandavas. Because of these acts, the speaker doubts that Yudhishthira or Krishna would now believe or accept any assurances.