Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यावन्न ते चमू: सर्वा: शरै: संनतपर्वभि: | नाशयत्यर्जुनस्तावत्‌ संधिस्ते तात युज्यताम्‌,“तात! जबतक अर्जुन झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंद्वारा तुम्हारी सारी सेनाका विनाश नहीं कर डालते हैं, तभीतक उनके साथ तुम्हारी संधि हो जानी चाहिये

Transliteration

yāvanna te camūḥ sarvāḥ śaraiḥ sannatapārvarbhiḥ | nāśayatyarjunastāvat sandhiste tāta yujyatām ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi con yêu, trước khi Arjuna dùng những mũi tên—những cán tên có khớp cong xuống—mà tiêu diệt toàn bộ đạo quân của con, hãy lập hòa ước với chàng. Trước khi diệt vong trở nên không thể tránh, hãy chọn hòa giải thay cho kiêu mạn dẫn đến tàn sát.”

Word by Word

यावत्as long as / until

नnot

तेyour

चमूःarmy

सर्वाःall

शरैःwith arrows

संनतपर्वभिःhaving bent/curved joints (i.e., barbed/knotted)

नाशयतिdestroys

अर्जुनःArjuna

तावत्so long / until then

सन्धिःpeace / treaty

तेyour

तातdear one / son (term of address)

युज्यताम्let (it) be made / should be concluded

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Kaurava army (camū)

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 urges timely peace-making: when destruction is foreseeable, ethical and prudent leadership seeks reconciliation rather than allowing pride and hostility to culminate in mass slaughter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya warns the Kuru side (addressing the king as “tāta”) that Arjuna’s prowess will annihilate their forces; therefore, before the army is wiped out, they should pursue a treaty (sandhi) with him.