Shloka 5

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration

Sañjaya’s Report

Devanagari script

ये वै राजान: पाण्डवायोधनाय समानीता: शृण्वतां चापि तेषाम्‌ । यथा समग्रं वचन मयोक्तं सहामात्यं श्रावयेथा नृपं तत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

ye vai rājānaḥ pāṇḍavāyodhanāya samānītāḥ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi teṣām |

yathā samagraṃ vacanaṃ mayoktaṃ sahāmātyaṃ śrāvayethā nṛpaṃ tat ||

Translation

Wika ni Sanjaya: “Ang mga haring tinipon upang makidigma laban sa mga Pandava—pakinggan din nila. Sa mismong paraan na sinabi ko ang buong mensahe, gayon mo iparinig sa haring iyon (Duryodhana), kasama ang kanyang mga ministro.”

Word by Word

• ये: who/which (those)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवायोधनाय: for the war with the Pandavas / for the Pandava-battle
• पाण्डवायोधनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव-योधन
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• समानीताः: brought together, assembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (नी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• शृण्वताम्: of (them) listening / while (they) listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural, śatṛ (present active participle)

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• समग्रम्: entire, complete
• समग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अमात्यम्: minister(s), counsellor(s)
• अमात्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रावयेथाः: you should cause to hear / you should recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (causative: श्रावय)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (speech/that matter)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Pandavas
• assembled kings (allied rulers)
• ministers/counsellors (amātyas)
• the king (nṛpa; contextually Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes responsible transmission of counsel: a message concerning war and policy should be delivered fully, accurately, and in the hearing of relevant stakeholders (the king and his ministers, and even allied kings), underscoring accountability and the ethical weight of public speech in governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports instructions about how a complete statement is to be announced before the Kaurava leadership. The setting is the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war diplomacy, where messages are formally conveyed to Duryodhana in the presence of his ministers and the assembled allied rulers.