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Shloka 19

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्

Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace

सो>तं न पश्यामि परीक्षमाण: कथं स्वस्ति स्यात्‌ कुरुसृंजयानाम्‌ । आत्िश्वर्यो धृतराष्ट्र: परेभ्य: प्रत्राजिते विदुरे दीर्घदृष्टो

sa taṁ na paśyāmi parīkṣamāṇaḥ kathaṁ svasti syāt kurusṛñjayānām | atiśvaryo dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ parebhyaḥ pratrājite vidure dīrghadṛṣṭaḥ ||

संजय उवाच—अहं सर्वतः परीक्ष्यापि न पश्यामि कथं कुरुसृञ्जयानां उभयेषां स्वस्ति स्यात्। धृतराष्ट्रो हि ऐश्वर्येण मत्तः परेभ्यः राज्यं हर्तुमिच्छन् दीर्घदृष्टिं विदुरं प्रत्राज्य, पुत्रैः सह निष्कण्टकं भूमण्डलसाम्राज्यमाशंसते। एवं लोभपरायणेन नृपेण सह केवलः सन्धिर्दीर्घं स्थास्यतीति न मे मतिः; यतो वनं गतेषु पाण्डवेषु तेषां सर्वं धनं स्वकीयमिव मन्यन्ते।

सःhe/that (one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तम्him/that
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पश्यामिI see
पश्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
परीक्षमाणःexamining/considering
परीक्षमाणः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-ईक्ष्
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
स्वस्तिwelfare, well-being
स्वस्ति:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति
FormFeminine (indeclinable-like usage also attested), Nominative, Singular
स्यात्might be / could be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कुरु-सृंजयानाम्of the Kurus and the Sṛñjayas
कुरु-सृंजयानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु + सृंजय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अति-ईश्वर्यःexcessively powerful/overlordly
अति-ईश्वर्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + ईश्वर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परेभ्यःfrom the others/enemies
परेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Plural
प्र-त्राजितेwhen (he was) driven out/banished
प्र-त्राजिते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-त्राज्
FormPast passive participle, Masculine, Locative, Singular
विदुरेin/with regard to Vidura
विदुरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविदुर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दीर्घ-दृष्टःfar-sighted
दीर्घ-दृष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ + दृष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
V
Vidura
K
Kurus
S
Srinjayas
P
Pandavas (implied by the forest-exile context)
K
Kauravas (implied as Dhritarashtra's party)

Educational Q&A

When rulers are driven by greed and power, they silence or exile wise counsel, making genuine welfare (svasti) for all sides impossible; diplomacy without ethical restraint cannot prevent conflict.

Sanjaya assesses the political situation and concludes that peace is unlikely: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having expelled the prudent Vidura and seeking to seize the opponents’ sovereignty, cannot sustain a stable treaty, especially after the Pāṇḍavas’ forest-exile led the Kaurava side to treat their property as its own.