Shloka 523

Devanagari script

व्यतिक्रममिमं राजन्‌ सत्यसंरक्षणं प्रति । “इसलिये महाबाहो! राजन! मेरे और अर्जुन दोनोंके सत्यकी रक्षाके लिये किये गये इस अपराधको आप क्षमा करें

Transliteration

vyatikramam imaṁ rājan satyasaṁrakṣaṇaṁ prati |

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਸੱਚ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਉਲੰਘਣਾ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਮਹਾਬਾਹੁ ਨ੍ਰਿਪ, ਮੇਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਜੁਨ—ਦੋਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੱਚ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਜੋ ਇਹ ਅਪਰਾਧ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ, ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ।

Word by Word

• व्यतिक्रमम्: transgression, offence
• व्यतिक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतिक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सत्यसंरक्षणम्: protection of truth (keeping a vow)
• सत्यसंरक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य-संरक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, with regard to
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājan (the King—Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a breach occurs, it is ethically weighed against intention and higher duty: the speaker frames the offence as undertaken to preserve satya (truth/vow), and therefore seeks forgiveness through honest acknowledgement and appeal to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the King, admitting a ‘vyatikrama’ and requesting pardon, explaining that the act was done in relation to protecting truth—specifically the pledged truth connected with himself and Arjuna.