Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दिष्टयासि राजन्‌ न हतो दिष्ट्या न ग्रहणं गत: । परिसान्त्वय बीभत्सुं जयमाशाधि चानघ,“निष्पाप नरेश! सौभाग्यकी बात है कि (कर्णके द्वारा) न तो आप मारे गये और न पकड़े ही गये। अब आप अर्जुनको सान्त्वना दें और उन्हें विजयके लिये आशीर्वाद प्रदान करें!

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | diṣṭyāsi rājan na hataḥ diṣṭyā na grahaṇaṃ gataḥ | parisāntvaya bībhatsuṃ jayam āśādhi cānagha ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Dengan nasib baik, wahai Raja, tuanku tidak terbunuh; dengan nasib baik, tuanku juga tidak jatuh ke dalam tawanan. Kini tenangkanlah Bībhatsu (Arjuna) dan, wahai yang tidak berdosa, suruhlah dia berharap akan kemenangan serta berkatilah dia menuju kejayaan.”

Word by Word

दिष्ट्याfortunately / by good luck

असिyou are

राजन्O king

नnot

हतःkilled / slain

दिष्ट्याfortunately

नnot

ग्रहणम्capture / seizure

गतःgone (into) / met with

परिसान्त्वयcomfort (him) fully

बीभत्सुम्Arjuna (the terrible one)

जयम्victory

आशाधिbestow / pronounce (a blessing)

चand

अनघO sinless one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

King Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Arjuna (Bībhatsu)

Karna (implied as the opponent in context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic war, one should respond to survival and reversals with steadiness: reassure the shaken, restore morale, and orient action toward rightful victory rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that he has not been killed or captured in the encounter (with Karṇa in context) and urges him to console Arjuna (Bībhatsu) and encourage him to seek victory.