Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यत्र मामभिसंधत्से त्वां चाहं शिनिपुड्भव । त्वं हि प्राणै: प्रियतरो ममाहं च सदा तव,'शिनिप्रवर! इन क्रोध, लोभ आदिके ही अधीन होकर तुम मुझे अपने बाणोंका निशाना बनाते हो और तुम्हें मैं। वैसे तो तुम मुझे प्राणोंसे भी बढ़कर प्रिय रहे हो और मैं भी तुम्हारा सदा ही प्रीतिपात्र रहा हूँ

Transliteration

yatra mām abhisandhatse tvāṁ cāhaṁ śinipuḍbhava | tvaṁ hi prāṇaiḥ priyataro mamāhaṁ ca sadā tava,

Translation

यत्र मामभिसंधत्से त्वां चाहं शिनिपुड्भव । त्वं हि प्राणैः प्रियतरो ममाहं च सदा तव ॥

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

माम्me

अभिसंधत्सेyou aim (at), you target

त्वाम्you

चand

अहम्I

शिनिपुड्भवO descendant of Śini (Śini-putra-born)

त्वम्you

हिindeed, for

प्राणैःthan (my) lives; with lives (instr. of comparison)

प्रियतरःdearer

ममof me, my

अहम्I

चand

सदाalways

तवof you, your

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śini (ancestral figure, as lineage reference)

Śinipravara/Śinipuḍbhava (epithet addressing a Śini-descendant, commonly Sātyaki)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral tragedy of war: even those bound by affection can become enemies when overpowered by anger and greed. It implicitly warns that uncontrolled passions can eclipse long-standing bonds and ethical discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of battle, the speaker addresses a warrior of Śini’s lineage, questioning why they are aiming arrows at each other despite mutual affection. The line frames their hostility as arising from overpowering emotions such as anger and greed.