Shloka 58
Devanagari script
नियच्छ मन्युं पाञ्चाल्यात् प्रशाम्य शिनिपुड्भव । पार्षतस्य क्षम त्वं वै क्षमतां पार्षतश्न ते
Transliteration
niyaccha manyuṁ pāñcālyāt praśāmya śinipuḍbhava | pārṣatasya kṣama tvaṁ vai kṣamatāṁ pārṣataś ca te ||
Translation
नियच्छ मन्युं पाञ्चाल्यात् प्रशाम्य शिनिपुङ्भव। पार्षतस्य क्षम त्वं वै, क्षमतां पार्षतश्च ते॥
Word by Word
नियच्छrestrain (you restrain)
नियच्छ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-यम् (यच्छ्)
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्
मन्युम्anger
मन्युम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
पाञ्चाल्यात्from the Panchala (Dhrishtadyumna)
पाञ्चाल्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल्य
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
प्रशाम्यhaving calmed (yourself)
प्रशाम्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-शम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
शिनिपुड्भवO descendant of Śiniput (O Sātyaki)
शिनिपुड्भव:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootशिनिपुड्भव (शिनिपुड् + भव)
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
पार्षतस्यof the Pārṣata (Dhrishtadyumna)
पार्षतस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्षत
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
क्षमforgive (you forgive)
क्षम:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्षम्
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formmasculine/feminine (common), nominative, singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
क्षमताम्let him forgive / may he be forgiving
क्षमताम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्षम्
Formलोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, singular, आत्मनेपदम्
पार्षतःthe Pārṣata (Dhrishtadyumna)
पार्षतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्षत
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अश्नुattain / obtain
अश्नु:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formmasculine/feminine (common), dative, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaŚ
Śini (lineage reference)P
Pāñcālya (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)P
Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)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
Even amid war, one should restrain anger and seek mutual forgiveness; self-control and reconciliation are upheld as dharmic virtues that prevent further escalation of violence.
Sañjaya reports an appeal addressed to the Śini-descended warrior (commonly understood as Sātyaki) to calm his rage toward the Pāñcālya—identified as Dhṛṣṭadyumna—and to establish mutual forgiveness between them.