Shloka 7

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

असम्भावितरूपस्त्वमानृशंस्यं करिष्यसि । तं॑ त्वामयशसा स्मृष्टं न ब्रूयां यदि संजय

Transliteration

asambhāvitarūpas tvam ānṛśaṁsyaṁ kariṣyasi | taṁ tvām ayaśasā smṛṣṭaṁ na brūyāṁ yadi sañjaya ||

Translation

تمہاری حقیقی سرشت ابھی پوری طرح جانی نہیں گئی، اور تم اب ایک سنگدلانہ فعل کرنے جا رہے ہو۔ اے سنجے! اگر میں اس پر تمہیں رسوائی سے داغ دار نہ کہوں تو ایسے طرزِ عمل کے مستحق اخلاقی عیب کو نام دینے میں میں کوتاہی کروں گا۔

Word by Word

असम्भावितरूपःone whose form/condition is not esteemed (dishonoured)

तुbut

अमानृशंस्यम्cruelty; lack of compassion

करिष्यसिyou will do

तम्that (one)

त्वाम्you

अयशसाwith disgrace; by ill-fame

स्मृष्टम्remembered/mentioned (as)

नnot

ब्रूयाम्I should say

यदिif

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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?

Cruelty (ānṛśaṁsya) is a clear ethical failing that brings dishonor; moral speech should name and censure such conduct rather than remain silent.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses Sañjaya directly, warning that Sañjaya is about to commit a cruel act and asserting that it would be wrong not to call him disgraced for it.