Shloka 25

भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength

Devanagari script

स्वेन वृत्तेन मे वृत्तं नाधिगन्तुं त्वमहसि । उभयोरन्तरं वेद सूनूतानृतयोरपि,“सुयोधन! तुझे अपने आचरणके अनुसार ही मेरे आचरणको नहीं समझना चाहिये। मैं दोनोंके बर्तावका तथा सत्य और झूठका भी अन्तर समझता हूँ

Transliteration

svēna vṛttēna mē vṛttaṁ nādhigantuṁ tvam arhasi | ubhayor antaraṁ vēda sūnṛtānṛtayor api ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O Suyodhana, huwag mong hatulan ang aking asal ayon sa sukat ng iyong sarili. Alam ko ang pagkakaiba ng gawi ng magkabilang panig, at natutukoy ko rin ang pagitan ng katotohanan at kasinungalingan.”

Word by Word

स्वेनby your own

वृत्तेनconduct, behavior

मेof me / my

वृत्तम्conduct (of mine)

नnot

अधिगन्तुम्to understand, to ascertain

त्वम्you

अर्हसिare fit / ought

उभयोःof both

अन्तरम्difference, distinction

वेदknows

सूनृतयोःof truth (kind speech) and ... (paired with untruth)

अनृतयोःof untruth, falsehood

अपिalso, even

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

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?

One should not project one’s own moral standard onto others; a wise person discerns the true difference between right and wrong conduct, and between truthful and false speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya addresses Suyodhana (Duryodhana), asserting his independent moral judgment: he understands the contrasting conduct of the two sides and can distinguish truth from falsehood, implying he will not be swayed by Suyodhana’s self-justifying perspective.