Shloka 296

Devanagari script

विश्वासं समयघ्नानां न यूय॑ गन्तुमर्ह थ । 'पाण्डवोंने अधर्ममें प्रवृत्त होकर अनेकों बार युद्धकी मर्यादा तोड़ी है; अतः आपलोग कभी उनका विश्वास न करें"

Transliteration

viśvāsaṃ samayaghnānāṃ na yūyaṃ gantum arhatha |

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ကတိသစ္စာကို ချိုးဖောက်သူတို့ကို ယုံကြည်မထားသင့်။ ပाण्डဝတို့သည် အဓမ္မဘက်သို့ လှည့်၍ စစ်ပွဲ၏ စည်းကမ်းကန့်သတ်ချက်များကို အကြိမ်ကြိမ် ဖောက်ဖျက်ခဲ့ကြသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် သူတို့ကို မည်သည့်အခါမျှ မမှီခိုယုံကြည်ကြနှင့်။»

Word by Word

विश्वासम्trust, confidence

समयघ्नानाम्of the breakers of agreement/time (truce-breakers)

नnot

यूयम्you (all)

गन्तुम्to go

अर्हथyou ought / you are fit

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Trust is ethically grounded in fidelity to one’s pledged word and shared norms; those who repeatedly violate agreements and conventions become unreliable, especially in the high-stakes context of war where restraint and honor are meant to limit harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warning directed to the Kaurava side: the Pāṇḍavas are portrayed as having repeatedly crossed the accepted boundaries of warfare, so the listener is urged not to rely on their promises or presumed adherence to agreed rules.