Shloka 7

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

असम्भावितरूपस्त्वमानृशंस्यं करिष्यसि । तं॑ त्वामयशसा स्मृष्टं न ब्रूयां यदि संजय

Transliteration

asambhāvitarūpas tvam ānṛśaṁsyaṁ kariṣyasi | taṁ tvām ayaśasā smṛṣṭaṁ na brūyāṁ yadi sañjaya ||

Translation

«သင်၏ အမှန်တကယ်သော သဘောသဘာဝကို မသိမြင်ရသေးသူတစ်ယောက်ကဲ့သို့ သင်သည် ရက်စက်သော အမှုကို ပြုတော့မည်။ စဉ္ဇယာ၊ ဤအတွက် သင့်ကို အရှက်အပျက်ဖြင့် အမည်းစက်တင်သူဟု မပြောလျှင်၊ ထိုကဲ့သို့သော အပြုအမူနှင့် ထိုက်တန်သည့် သီလအပြစ်ကို အမည်မခေါ်သကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်»။

Word by Word

असम्भावितरूपःone whose form/condition is not esteemed (dishonoured)

तुbut

अमानृशंस्यम्cruelty; lack of compassion

करिष्यसिyou will do

तम्that (one)

त्वाम्you

अयशसाwith disgrace; by ill-fame

स्मृष्टम्remembered/mentioned (as)

नnot

ब्रूयाम्I should say

यदिif

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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?

Cruelty (ānṛśaṁsya) is a clear ethical failing that brings dishonor; moral speech should name and censure such conduct rather than remain silent.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses Sañjaya directly, warning that Sañjaya is about to commit a cruel act and asserting that it would be wrong not to call him disgraced for it.