Shloka 25

Devanagari script

संरब्धं सात्यकिं प्राह संक्रुद्ध: प्रहसन्निव । सात्वतवंशी सात्यकिके इस प्रकार कठोर वचन कहकर आक्षेप करनेपर धृष्टद्युम्न अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठे। फिर वे भी क्रोधमें भरे हुए सात्यकिसे हँसते हुए-से बोले ।। धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच श्रूयते श्रूयते चेति क्षम्यते चेति माधव

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumna uvāca | śrūyate śrūyate ceti kṣamyate ceti mādhava |

Translation

संरब्धं सात्यकिं प्राह संक्रुद्धः प्रहसन्निव। धृष्टद्युम्न उवाच— श्रूयते श्रूयते चेति, क्षम्यते चेति माधव॥

Word by Word

धृष्टद्युम्नःDhrishtadyumna

उवाचsaid/spoke

श्रूयतेit is heard / (I) hear (your words)

श्रूयतेit is heard / (I) hear (it)

चand

इतिthus (quotative marker)

क्षम्यतेit is forgiven / (it) is to be pardoned

चand

इतिthus (quotative marker)

माधवO Madhava (Krishna)

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

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 how repeated counsel toward forgiveness can be dismissed when anger dominates; ethical restraint (kṣamā) is fragile in wartime, and harsh speech can deepen rifts even within a righteous cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being provoked by sharp words, Dhṛṣṭadyumna responds sarcastically, saying he has heard enough about ‘forgiveness,’ and addresses Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa), signaling a tense exchange and escalating emotions among the Pāṇḍava side.