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Shloka 33

“नरश्रेष्ठट हम दोनों एक साथ तुम्हारी सहायताके लिये चले हैं। तुम्हारे दुःख-सुखमें हमारा समान भाग होगा, तुम्हें हम दोनोंपर संदेह नहीं करना चाहिये” ।। अश्वत्थामा तु संक्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्‌ । ताभ्यां तथ्यं तथा55चख्यौ यदस्यात्मचिकीर्षितम्‌,उस समय अश्वत्थामा पिताके वधका स्मरण करके रोषसे आगबबूला हो रहा था। उसके मनमें जो कुछ करनेकी इच्छा थी, वह सब उसने उन दोनोंसे ठीक-ठीक कह सुनाया

sañjaya uvāca | narāśreṣṭha! vayam ubhau ekasātha tava sahāyatāyai calitau | tava duḥkha-sukhe asmākaṃ samānaḥ bhāgaḥ bhaviṣyati; tvayā asmatsu ubhayor api saṃdeho na kartavyaḥ || aśvatthāmā tu saṃkruddhaḥ pitur vadham anusmaran | tābhyāṃ tathyaṃ tathā ācakhyau yad asya ātma-cikīrṣitam ||

Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi bậc ưu tú nhất trong loài người, chúng ta hai người đã cùng lên đường để trợ giúp ngươi. Trong nỗi buồn và niềm vui của ngươi, chúng ta sẽ cùng chia phần ngang nhau; ngươi chớ nên nghi ngờ chúng ta.” Nhưng Aśvatthāmā, bừng bừng phẫn nộ khi nhớ đến cái chết của cha mình, đã nói thật với hai người ấy điều mà chính chàng định làm.

अश्वत्थामाAshvatthama
अश्वत्थामा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थामन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
संक्रुद्धःenraged, furious
संक्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वधम्killing, slaughter
वधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनुस्मरन्remembering, calling to mind
अनुस्मरन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनुस्मृ
FormPresent participle (Parasmaipada), Present (vartamana), Singular, Masculine, Nominative
ताभ्याम्to/for those two (to the two of them)
ताभ्याम्:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Dual
तथ्यम्the truth, what is true
तथ्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतथ्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आख्यौtold, related, declared
आख्यौ:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-ख्या
FormPerfect (liṭ), Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
आत्मचिकीर्षितम्his own intended deed/purpose
आत्मचिकीर्षितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्म-चिकीर्षित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Aśvatthāmā
A
Aśvatthāmā's father (Droṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse contrasts pledged solidarity with the moral danger of being drawn into another’s vengeance: shared loyalty can become complicity when anger rooted in bereavement drives one toward harmful intent.

Two companions assure support and shared fate, urging trust; meanwhile Aśvatthāmā, burning with rage at his father’s killing, openly tells them his intended course of action—setting the stage for the grim events of the Sauptika episode.