Mahabharata 7.187.27 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 187, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

त्वं तु सर्वाभिशड्कित्वान्निष्ठर: पापनिश्चय:

Transliteration

tvaṃ tu sarvābhiśaṅkitvān niṣṭhuraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ

Translation

Mas tu — desconfiando de todos — tornaste-te de coração duro, com a decisão firmada no mal. As palavras de Sañjaya soam como um diagnóstico moral: a desconfiança endurece a mente, e essa corrupção interior passa a conduzir tuas escolhas em meio ao tumulto da guerra.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• अभिशङ्कित्वा: having suspected/doubted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-शङ्क्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• निष्ठुरः: harsh/cruel
• निष्ठुरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठुर
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• पापनिश्चयः: one whose resolve is evil / of sinful intent
• पापनिश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पाप-निश्चय
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that universal suspicion corrodes character: when distrust becomes habitual, it hardens the heart (niṣṭhura) and can settle into a deliberate commitment to wrongdoing (pāpaniścaya). Ethical failure is shown as an inner disposition before it becomes an outer act.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, delivers a sharp moral appraisal of the addressed person’s mindset—contrasting earlier possibilities with the present state: pervasive suspicion has made him harsh and firmly inclined toward sinful action, a tone typical of battlefield counsel and blame in the Droṇa Parva.