Shloka 33

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

शरवेश्मप्रविष्टी तौ ददृशाते न कैश्वन । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ राजज्छाद्यमानौ घनैरिव

Transliteration

śaraveśma-praviṣṭī tau dadṛśāte na kaiścana | sūryācandramasau rājan chādyamānau ghanair iva ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—రాజా! బాణాలతో ఏర్పడిన గృహంలో ప్రవేశించిన ఆ ఇద్దరు వీరులు ఎవరికీ కనబడలేదు; మేఘాలు కప్పినప్పుడు సూర్యచంద్రులు కనబడనట్లే.

Word by Word

• शर: by arrows
• शर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वेश्म: in the house/building
• वेश्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रविष्टौ: having entered
• प्रविष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ददृशाते: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual, Atmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• केन: by anyone
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वन: in (one's) own (place/field) / within oneself
• स्वन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सूर्य: the sun
• सूर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• चन्द्रमसौ: and the moon (the two: sun and moon)
• चन्द्रमसौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• छाद्यमानौ: being covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual, Passive, शानच् (present passive participle)

• घनैः: by clouds
• घनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājan)
• the two heroes (tau)
• sun (sūrya)
• moon (candramas)
• clouds (ghana)
• arrow-built enclosure (śaraveśma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in the chaos of war, even great figures can become obscured; appearances and certainty are veiled, so judgment based only on sight is unreliable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that two warriors have moved into a dense screen or enclosure formed by arrows, making them invisible to onlookers—like the sun and moon hidden by clouds.