Shloka 56
अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः
Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve
Devanagari script
स क्रूरां मतिमास्थाय विनिश्ित्य मुहुर्मुहु:
Transliteration
sa krūrāṃ matim āsthāya viniścitya muhur muhuḥ
Translation
ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕਠੋਰ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰ, ਆਪਣਾ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ ਪੱਕਾ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ।
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रूराम्cruel
क्रूराम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रूर
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मतिम्intention, resolve, thought
मतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आस्थायhaving adopted/taken up
आस्थाय:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था (स्था)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
विनिश्चित्यhaving ascertained/decided
विनिश्चित्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootवि-नि-चित्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुस्
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुस्
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how repeated rumination can harden a person into a fixed, cruel intention. Ethically, it warns that when the mind repeatedly returns to anger or revenge, deliberation may become a tool for justifying wrongdoing rather than restraining it.
Sañjaya narrates that a key figure (contextually, the one about to initiate the Sauptika episode) adopts a harsh plan and, after thinking it over repeatedly, settles on that decision—foreshadowing the impending night-time atrocity.