Shloka 29

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

न नून॑ क्षत्रियकुले जात: सम्प्रथिते भुवि । यथास्य हृदयं भीतमल्पसत्त्वस्य संयुगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | na nūnaṃ kṣatriyakule jātaḥ samprathite bhuvi | yathāsya hṛdayaṃ bhītam alpasattvasya saṃyuge ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်—“ဤသူသည် မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် နာမည်ကြီးသော က్షတ္တရိယ မျိုးရိုးတွင် မွေးဖွားသူ မဟုတ်ကြောင်း သေချာသည်။ စစ်ပွဲ၏ အချိန်တော်တော်တွင်ပင် သူ၏ နှလုံးသားသည် ထိုမျှ ကြောက်ရွံ့နေသည်—အတွင်းအားက အလွန်နည်းပါးလှ၏။”

Word by Word

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

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• क्षत्रियकुले: in a Kshatriya family/clan
• क्षत्रियकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रियकुल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• जातः: born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सम्प्रथिते: renowned, well-known
• सम्प्रथिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्प्रथित
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• यथा: as, since (in the sense 'how/that')
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• हृदयम्: heart, mind
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भीतम्: afraid, frightened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अल्पसत्त्वस्य: of one of little courage/strength
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पसत्त्व
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Kshatriya lineage (kṣatriyakula)
• Earth/world (bhuvi)
• Battle (saṃyuga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames battlefield fear as a failure of Kshatriya-appropriate steadiness: a warrior’s dharma requires inner firmness (sattva/bala) and resolve under crisis, and cowardice is portrayed as ethically and socially disqualifying.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a harsh assessment of a combatant’s state of mind: seeing his heart overwhelmed by fear at the moment of fighting, he concludes that such weakness is unworthy of a famed Kshatriya lineage.