Shloka 39

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा तु वचन तुभ्यमाचार्यस्य कृपस्य च । कर्णेन सहित: कृत्यं चिन्तयानस्तदैव हि,“उस अवस्थामें आपका, आचार्यका तथा कृपका वचन सुनकर मैं कर्णके साथ उसी समय अपने कर्तव्यका निश्चय कर लेता

Transliteration

śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tubhyam ācāryasya kṛpasya ca | karṇena sahitaḥ kṛtyaṃ cintayānas tadaiva hi ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اچار्य درون اور کرپا کی تم سے کہی ہوئی بات سن کر میں کرن کے ساتھ اسی وقت اپنے فرض پر غور کرنے لگا اور مناسب راہ کا فیصلہ کرنے لگا۔

Word by Word

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तुbut/indeed

वचनम्word/speech

तुभ्यम्to you

आचार्यस्यof the teacher (Drona)

कृपस्यof Kripa

चand

कर्णेनwith Karna

सहितःaccompanied (together)

कृत्यम्duty/what is to be done

चिन्तयन्thinking/considering

तदाthen

एवindeed/just

हिfor/indeed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Ācārya (Droṇa)

Kṛpa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'to you')

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?

The verse highlights prompt ethical deliberation: after receiving counsel from respected elders (Droṇa and Kṛpa), one should immediately reflect on kṛtya—what duty and necessity demand—before acting, especially in the moral pressure of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, upon hearing the words spoken by Droṇa and Kṛpa, he (Sañjaya) together with Karṇa immediately began considering the required course of action—signaling a moment of strategic and dharmic decision within the Kuru camp.