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Shloka 12

धृतराष्ट्रस्य संजयप्रश्नः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry to Saṃjaya on Strategic Comparisons

Devanagari script

यथा श्रुतं ते वदतो महात्मनो मधुप्रवीरस्य वच: समाहितम्‌ | तथैव वाच्यं भवता हि मद्वच: समागतेषु क्षितिपेषु सर्वश:

Transliteration

yathā śrutaṃ te vadato mahātmano madhupravīrasya vacaḥ samāhitam | tathaiva vācyaṃ bhavatā hi madvacaḥ samāgateṣu kṣitipeṣu sarvaśaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Đúng như ngươi đã nghe—những lời được vị đại hồn, dũng sĩ đứng đầu dòng Madhu nói ra với tâm trí tập trung—thì ngươi phải lặp lại y nguyên. Rồi giữa toàn thể hội các vua đã tụ hội, ngươi cũng phải công bố thông điệp của ta khắp nơi.”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

श्रुतम्heard (that which is heard)

तेof you / your

वदतःof (him) speaking / while speaking

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

मधु-प्रवीरस्यof the foremost hero of the Madhu lineage (Krishna)

वचःspeech, words

समाहितम्composed, well-collected (in mind)

तथाso, in that manner

एवindeed, just

वाच्यम्to be spoken, should be said

भवताby you (honorific)

हिindeed, for

मत्-वचःmy words

समागतेषुamong those assembled / when (they are) assembled

क्षितिपेषुamong kings

सर्वशःentirely, in every way / to all (of them)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Madhupravīra, hero of the Madhu lineage)

assembled kings (kṣitipa)

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 emphasizes faithful, unbiased transmission of speech—reporting exactly what was heard, especially in matters of statecraft where truthfulness and precision shape ethical and political outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya frames an instruction to a messenger: Kṛṣṇa’s carefully spoken words must be repeated verbatim, and an additional message from the speaker is to be announced before the gathered kings, reflecting the tense diplomatic setting before war.