Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अधर्मेण प्रवृत्तानां पाण्डवानामनेकश:

Transliteration

adharmeṇa pravṛttānāṃ pāṇḍavānām anekaśaḥ

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు: “అనేక విధాలుగా పాండవులు—అధర్మ మార్గంలో ప్రవృత్తులై—…”

Word by Word

• अधर्मेण: by unrighteousness; through adharma
• अधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रवृत्तानाम्: of those engaged/acting (having proceeded)
• प्रवृत्तानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्त (प्र + √वृत्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनेकशः: in many ways; repeatedly; manifoldly
• अनेकशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames action as ethically evaluable by its means: proceeding “by adharma” is presented as morally compromised, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s recurring concern that ends do not cleanse unrighteous methods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, begins a statement characterizing the Pāṇḍavas’ conduct as having been undertaken through unrighteous means, setting up a broader critique or explanation that continues beyond this partial verse.