Shloka 35

Devanagari script

त॑ तथैव हनिष्यामि न्यस्तथर्माणमद्य वै | पुत्र पाउ्चालराजस्य पाप॑ पापेन कर्मणा,“अतः धर्मका परित्याग करनेवाले उस पापी पांचालराजकुमारको भी मैं उसी प्रकार पापकर्मद्वारा ही मार डालूँगा

Transliteration

taṁ tathaiva haniṣyāmi nyastadharmāṇam adya vai | putraṁ pāñcālarājasya pāpaṁ pāpena karmaṇā ||

Translation

“కాబట్టి ధర్మాన్ని విడిచిపెట్టిన ఆ పాపి పాంచాలరాజ కుమారుణ్ణి కూడా నేను ఈ రోజే అదే విధంగా—పాపానికి ప్రతిగా పాపకర్మతోనే—సంహరిస్తాను.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

हनिष्यामिI shall kill

न्यस्त-धर्माणम्one who has abandoned dharma

अद्यtoday, now

वैindeed (emphatic particle)

पुत्रम्son

पाञ्चाल-राजस्यof the king of the Pāñcālas

पापम्sinful, wicked (one)

पापेनby/with sin (sinfully)

कर्मणाby an act/deed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

son of the king of the Pāñcālas (Pāñcālarāja-putra)

Pāñcāla (people/realm)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral inversion: when someone abandons dharma, the speaker justifies responding with similarly sinful means (“pāpa by pāpa”). It highlights the ethical collapse typical of the Sauptika episode, where vengeance and expediency override righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a vow-like statement: the speaker declares that he will kill the Pāñcāla king’s son that very day, describing him as one who has forsaken dharma, and explicitly stating the killing will be carried out through a sinful act as retaliation.