Shloka 27

Devanagari script

नेयं सभा राजपुत्र नाचार्यस्य निवेशनम्‌

Transliteration

neyaṃ sabhā rājaputra nācāryasya niveśanam

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ဆိုသည်– «မင်းသားရေ၊ ဤနေရာသည် မင်းတော်၏ အစည်းအဝေးခန်းမ မဟုတ်၊ ဆရာအာචာရ၏ နေအိမ်လည်း မဟုတ်။ ဤသည် စစ်ပွဲနှင့် အန္တရာယ်၏ နေရာဖြစ်သည်—အကြံပေးရာ တရားရုံး သို့မဟုတ် ပညာသင်ရာ အေးချမ်းသည့် အရိပ်အာဝါသဟု မမှားယွင်းစေပါနှင့်»။

Word by Word

नnot

इयम्this

सभाassembly hall

राजपुत्रO prince

नnot

आचार्यस्यof the teacher

निवेशनम्dwelling; residence

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

rājaputra (prince)

sabhā (assembly hall)

ācārya (the Teacher/preceptor)

niveśanam (dwelling/residence)

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?

The verse warns against confusing the battlefield with spaces meant for deliberation or instruction. Ethically, it underscores situational awareness: in war, one must not expect the protections, decorum, or guidance associated with a court (sabhā) or a teacher’s residence (ācārya-niveśana).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a prince and corrects his perception of the setting, emphasizing that the present scene is not a peaceful hall of counsel or a preceptor’s abode, but a harsh wartime context where different rules and dangers prevail.