Shloka 25
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
Devanagari script
नापयाति भयात् कृष्ण संग्रामाद् यदि चेन्मम
Transliteration
nāpayāti bhayāt kṛṣṇa saṅgrāmād yadi cenmama
Translation
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “โอ้กฤษณะ หากเพราะความหวาดกลัวเขามิได้ถอยจากสงคราม—หากนั่นคือความกังวลของเรา—แล้วเรื่องนี้ย่อมขึ้นอยู่กับความกล้าหาญและความแน่วแน่ท่ามกลางภาระแห่งยุทธ์”
Word by Word
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
apayātigoes away/withdraws
apayāti:
TypeVerb
Rootapa√yā
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
bhayātfrom fear/out of fear
bhayāt:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya
Formneuter, ablative, singular
kṛṣṇaO Krishna
kṛṣṇa:
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
saṅgrāmātfrom the battle
saṅgrāmāt:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootsaṅgrāma
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
yadiif
yadi:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi
cetindeed/then (emphatic particle)
cet:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcet
mamaof me/my
mama:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
Formgenitive, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
KṛṣṇaS
saṅgrāma (battle)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds the ethical tension between fear and steadfastness in a righteous conflict: retreat motivated by fear is contrasted with the expectation of firmness in one’s martial duty.
Sañjaya, narrating events, addresses Kṛṣṇa and frames a conditional point about someone not withdrawing from the battlefield out of fear, highlighting the psychological stakes within the ongoing war.