Shloka 5

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तवेदं स्वकृतं राजन्‌ महद्‌ वैरमुपस्थितम्‌ । विनाशो येन लोकस्य सानुबन्धो भविष्यति

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca: tavedaṃ svakṛtaṃ rājan mahad vairaṃ upasthitam | vināśo yena lokasya sānubandho bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—హే రాజా! ఈ మహావైరం నీ స్వకృతమే; దీని వల్ల లోకానికి బంధువర్గంతో సహా వినాశం సంభవించును।

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्वकृतम्: done by oneself; self-made
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपस्थितम्: has arisen; is present
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विनाशः: destruction
• विनाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सानुबन्धः: with consequences/with attachments; along with dependents
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सानुबन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be; will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Future, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses moral responsibility: destructive conflict does not arise by fate alone but from one’s own actions. A ruler’s choices can generate enmity whose consequences spread beyond the immediate actors, bringing widespread ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), warning him that the present, immense feud is self-created and will lead to catastrophic destruction affecting the whole realm and all those connected to it.