Shloka 106

Devanagari script

न त्वेव भीता: पंचाला: कथंचित्‌ स्यु: पराड्मुखा: । न हि मृत्युं महेष्वासा गणयन्ति महारणे

Transliteration

na tveva bhītāḥ pañcālāḥ kathaṃcit syuḥ parāṅmukhāḥ | na hi mṛtyuṃ maheṣvāsā gaṇayanti mahāraṇe ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ngunit ang mga Pañcāla ay hindi natatakot; sa anumang paraan ay hindi sila tatalikod sa labanan. Ang mga dakilang mamamana, sa malawak na sagupaan ng digmaan, ay hindi binibilang ang kamatayan na anuman.”

Word by Word

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

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• भीताः: afraid
• भीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत (√भी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कथंचित्: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित्

• स्युः: would be/might be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पराङ्मुखाः: turned away; averse (to battle)
• पराङ्मुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासाः: great bowmen
• महेष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गणयन्ति: count/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गण्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pañcālas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness in battle: true warriors do not yield to fear or retreat, and they treat even death as insignificant when duty and honor in combat are at stake.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pañcāla fighters remain unshaken on the battlefield; they do not turn back, because as renowned archers they disregard the prospect of death amid the great war.