Mahabharata 7.116.48 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 48

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

पुरा यदुच्यसे प्राज्जैः सुहृद्धिर्विदुरादिभि: । मा हार्षी: पाण्डवान्‌ राजन्निति तन्न त्वया श्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

purā yad ucyase prājñaiḥ suhṛdbhir vidurādibhiḥ | mā hārṣīḥ pāṇḍavān rājann iti tan na tvayā śrutam ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ପୂର୍ବେ ବିଦୁର ଆଦି ପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ ହିତକାମୀ ସୁହୃଦମାନେ ‘ରାଜନ, ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନ୍ୟାୟ କରନି’ ବୋଲି କହିଥିଲେ; କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମେ ସେ ଉପଦେଶ ଶୁଣିଲ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उच्यसे: you are told/said (to)
• उच्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Second, Singular

• प्राज्ञैः: by the wise
• प्राज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुहृद्भिः: by well-wishers/friends
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विदुरादिभिः: by Vidura and others
• विदुरादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर-आदि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• हार्षीः: you should not take away/steal
• हार्षीः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/imperative with मा), Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तत्: that (advice/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vidura
• Pāṇḍavas
• Duryodhana (implied addressee as 'rājan' in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must heed wise, well-intentioned counsel and refrain from unjust deprivation; ignoring dharmic advice leads to ruinous consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reminds the king that earlier Vidura and other wise well-wishers warned him not to wrong the Pāṇḍavas, but he refused to listen—an implicit explanation for the present suffering in the war.