Shloka 296

Devanagari script

विश्वासं समयघ्नानां न यूय॑ गन्तुमर्ह थ । 'पाण्डवोंने अधर्ममें प्रवृत्त होकर अनेकों बार युद्धकी मर्यादा तोड़ी है; अतः आपलोग कभी उनका विश्वास न करें"

Transliteration

viśvāsaṃ samayaghnānāṃ na yūyaṃ gantum arhatha |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Chớ đặt lòng tin nơi kẻ phá vỡ lời thề và giao ước. Người Pāṇḍava, khi đã ngả về phía adharma, đã nhiều lần chà đạp những giới hạn được thừa nhận của chiến tranh; vì vậy, đừng bao giờ cậy dựa vào họ.”

Word by Word

• विश्वासम्: trust, confidence
• विश्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समयघ्नानाम्: of the breakers of agreement/time (truce-breakers)
• समयघ्नानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समयघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• गन्तुम्: to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), —, —, —, —

• अर्हथ: you ought / you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Trust is ethically grounded in fidelity to one’s pledged word and shared norms; those who repeatedly violate agreements and conventions become unreliable, especially in the high-stakes context of war where restraint and honor are meant to limit harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warning directed to the Kaurava side: the Pāṇḍavas are portrayed as having repeatedly crossed the accepted boundaries of warfare, so the listener is urged not to rely on their promises or presumed adherence to agreed rules.