Shloka 34

Devanagari script

न जानीषे प्रतिज्ञां मे विप्रोत्पत्ति तथैव च

Transliteration

na jānīṣe pratijñāṃ me viprotpatti tathaiva ca

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Engkau tidak mengetahui sumpahku, dan engkau juga tidak mengetahui keadaan kelahiranku sebagai seorang brahmana.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जानीषे: you know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Madhyama, Eka

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: vow, promise
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Stri, Dvitiya, Eka

• मे: my / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Shashthi, Eka

• विप्रोत्पत्तिम्: the origin/birth as a brahmin
• विप्रोत्पत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-उत्पत्ति
• Form: Stri, Dvitiya, Eka

• तथा: thus, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the ethical weight of a personal vow (pratijñā) and the social-religious force of one’s brahmin origin (viprotpatti). It implies that judgments about conduct in crisis—especially in war—must account for binding pledges and the duties or constraints arising from one’s identity and upbringing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events, asserts that the listener does not understand his pledged resolve and also does not grasp the background of his brahmin birth. The statement functions as a justification or warning: his actions and words are shaped by a vow and by the obligations associated with his lineage.