Shloka 253

Devanagari script

न तु सन्धिमहं मन्ये प्राप्तकालं कथडठ्चन । “आपने स्नेहवश हितकी ही बात कही है। आपकी इस बातमें मैं दोष नहीं निकालता और न इसकी निन्दा ही करता हूँ। मेरा कथन तो इतना ही है कि अब किसी प्रकार सन्धिका अवसर नहीं रह गया है। मेरी ऐसी ही मान्यता है

Transliteration

na tu sandhim ahaṃ manye prāptakālaṃ kathaṃcana |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Nhưng ta không nghĩ rằng giờ đây còn có thể lập hòa ước—bằng bất cứ cách nào—vì thời khắc quyết định đã đến. Ngài đã nói điều lợi ích do lòng thương; ta không tìm lỗi trong lời ấy và cũng không chê trách. Ta chỉ nói thế này: cơ hội hòa giải đã qua rồi.”

Word by Word

नnot

तुbut/however

सन्धिम्peace, treaty, reconciliation

अहम्I

मन्येI think/consider

प्राप्तकालम्timely; having the right time come

कथञ्चनin any way; at all

Speaker

संजय 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?

Even well-intentioned counsel for peace can become ineffective once the decisive moment has arrived; ethical discernment includes recognizing when the window for reconciliation has closed and consequences must unfold.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, despite affectionate and beneficial advice urging reconciliation, he judges that the time for making peace has already passed and that no practical opportunity for a treaty remains.