Shloka 33

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

शरवेश्मप्रविष्टी तौ ददृशाते न कैश्वन । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ राजज्छाद्यमानौ घनैरिव

Transliteration

śaraveśma-praviṣṭī tau dadṛśāte na kaiścana | sūryācandramasau rājan chādyamānau ghanair iva ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Tâu Đại vương, khi hai vị anh hùng ấy đã bước vào “ngôi nhà bằng tên”, không ai còn trông thấy họ—như mặt trời và mặt trăng không hiện ra khi bị mây che phủ.

Word by Word

• शर: by arrows
• शर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वेश्म: in the house/building
• वेश्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रविष्टौ: having entered
• प्रविष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ददृशाते: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual, Atmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• केन: by anyone
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वन: in (one's) own (place/field) / within oneself
• स्वन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सूर्य: the sun
• सूर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• चन्द्रमसौ: and the moon (the two: sun and moon)
• चन्द्रमसौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• छाद्यमानौ: being covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual, Passive, शानच् (present passive participle)

• घनैः: by clouds
• घनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājan)
• the two heroes (tau)
• sun (sūrya)
• moon (candramas)
• clouds (ghana)
• arrow-built enclosure (śaraveśma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in the chaos of war, even great figures can become obscured; appearances and certainty are veiled, so judgment based only on sight is unreliable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that two warriors have moved into a dense screen or enclosure formed by arrows, making them invisible to onlookers—like the sun and moon hidden by clouds.