Shloka 6

Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta

Devanagari script

एष न: शत्रुसत्यन्तं पार्थिवा: सात्वतीसुत: । सात्वतानां नृशंसात्मा न हितोडनपकारिणाम्‌,'भूमिपालो! यह है तो यदुकुलकी कन्याका पुत्र, परंतु हमलोगोंसे अत्यन्त शत्रुता रखता है। यद्यपि यादवोंने इसका कभी कोई अपराध नहीं किया है, तो भी यह क्रूरात्मा उनके अहितमें ही लगा रहता है

Transliteration

eṣa naḥ śatru-satyantaṁ pārthivāḥ sātvatī-sutaḥ | sātvatānāṁ nṛśaṁsātmā na hito 'danapakāriṇām ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：“诸王啊，此人——娑多伐底女子之子——已成我等刻骨之敌。娑多伐多族（即夜度族）从未加害于他，然而其性残忍，驱使他一味谋害他们的福祉。”

Word by Word

एषःthis (man)

नःof us / our

शत्रुenemy

सत्यन्तम्to the utmost / extremely

पार्थिवाःO kings

सात्वतीof Sātvati (a Yadu woman)

सुतःson

सात्वतानाम्of the Sātvatas/Yādavas

नृशंसात्माone whose nature is cruel

नnot

हितःbeneficial / well-disposed

उदनपकारिणाम्of those who do no harm (to him)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

pārthivāḥ (kings)

Sātvatas / Yādavas

sātvatī-sutaḥ (a person described as the son of a Sātvati woman)

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 highlights an ethical failure: hostility toward those who have done no harm. It implicitly condemns cruelty and ingratitude, suggesting that dharma requires goodwill and restraint, especially toward the innocent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a statement addressed to kings, identifying a particular figure as an extreme enemy. The speaker stresses that the Sātvatas/Yādavas have not wronged him, yet he persistently acts against their interests, marking him as ruthless.