Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नित्यमेव शृगालस्त्व॑ नित्यं सिंहो धनंजय: । वीरप्रद्वेषणान्मूढ तस्मात्‌ क्रोष्टेव लक्ष्यसे,'“ओ मूढ! तुम सदासे ही गीदड़ हो और अर्जुन सदासे ही सिंह हैं। वीरोंके प्रति द्वेष रखनेके कारण ही तुम गीदड़-जैसे दिखायी देते हो

Transliteration

nityam eva śṛgālas tvaṁ nityaṁ siṁho dhanañjayaḥ | vīra-pradveṣaṇān mūḍha tasmāt kroṣṭeva lakṣyase ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“你永远是豺狼，而檀那阇耶（阿周那）永远是雄狮。愚迷之人啊，正因你憎恨英雄，所以你才被看作不过是个嚎叫者——如豺一般。”

Word by Word

नित्यम्always

एवindeed/only

शृगालःjackal

त्वम्you

नित्यम्always

सिंहःlion

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

वीर-प्रद्वेषणात्from hatred toward heroes/brave men

मूढO fool/deluded one

तस्मात्therefore/from that

क्रोष्टाjackal

इवlike/as

लक्ष्यसेyou are seen/you appear

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

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?

Hostility toward genuine heroism springs from delusion and manifests as moral smallness. The verse teaches that one’s inner disposition—especially envy and contempt for the noble—determines how one is judged and ‘seen’ in the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya delivers a sharp comparison: the addressed person is likened to a jackal, while Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) is likened to a lion. The contrast underscores Arjuna’s steadfast valor and condemns the other’s antagonism toward heroes as the cause of his contemptible reputation.