Shloka 2

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

न चैव मापकं किंचिद्धृष्ट शंससि संजय । नित्यं पाण्डुसुतान्‌ हृष्टानभग्नान्‌ सम्प्रशंससि

Transliteration

na caiva māpakaṃ kiñcid dṛṣṭaṃ śaṃsasi saṃjaya | nityaṃ pāṇḍusutān hṛṣṭān abhagnān sampraśaṃsasi ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “Ngunit, Sañjaya, wala kang ibinabalitang anuman na maituturing kong mabuting palatandaan para sa aming panig. Sa halip, araw-araw mong pinupuri ang mga anak ni Pāṇḍu bilang masaya at hindi nababali—hindi pa rin natatalo.”

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मापकं: a measure/standard (here: any item of assessment/ground)
• मापकं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मापक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• किंचित्: anything at all/something
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित्

• दृष्टम्: seen/observed
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• शंससि: you praise/tell/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: present, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• नित्यम्: always/constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• पाण्डु-सुतान्: the sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पाण्डु-सुतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुसुत
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• हृष्टान्: joyful/elated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अभग्नान्: unbroken/unshattered; undefeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभग्न
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• सम्प्रशंससि: you highly praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-शंस्
• Form: present, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍusuta (the Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment and partisanship shape perception: Dhṛtarāṣṭra longs for reassuring news for his own side, while the narrator’s repeated praise of the Pāṇḍavas underscores their resilience and the moral-psychological tension of hearing unwelcome truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra complains to Sañjaya that he has not heard any encouraging report for the Kauravas; instead, Sañjaya keeps describing the Pāṇḍavas as confident and unbroken in the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.