Mahabharata 7.113.463 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 113, Shloka 463

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

एते समाहितास्तात रक्षिष्यन्ति न संशय: । तात! पाँच भाई केकयराजकुमार

Transliteration

ete samāhitās tāta rakṣiṣyanti na saṁśayaḥ | tāta pañca bhrātaraḥ kaikeyarājakumārāḥ, rākṣasaḥ ghaṭotkacaḥ, virāṭaḥ, drupadaḥ, mahārathī śikhaṇḍī, dhṛṣṭaketuḥ, balavān māmā kuntibhojaḥ (purujit), nakulaḥ, sahadevaḥ, pāñcālāḥ tathā sañjayavīragaṇāḥ—ete sarve sāvadhānāḥ niḥsaṁdehaṁ mama rakṣāṁ kariṣyanti |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Mein Sohn, diese Männer, wachsam und gefasst, werden mich schützen—daran besteht kein Zweifel. Die fünf Fürsten von Kaikeya, der Rākṣasa Ghaṭotkaca, Virāṭa, Drupada, der große Wagenkämpfer Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭaketu, mein mächtiger Oheim mütterlicherseits Kuntibhoja (Purujit), Nakula und Sahadeva, dazu die Pāñcālas und die Schar der heldenhaften Streiter—sie alle werden, auf der Hut, gewiss als meine Wache stehen.“

Word by Word

• एते: these (men)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समाहिताः: composed, attentive, prepared
• समाहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तात: O dear (son), O child
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रक्षिष्यन्ति: will protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kaikeya princes (five brothers)
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Virāṭa
• Drupada
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• Kuntibhoja (Purujit)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Pāñcālas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, righteous leadership depends on steadiness (samāhita) and vigilant cooperation. Yudhiṣṭhira’s confidence rests not on arrogance but on disciplined guardianship and the ethical duty of allies to protect the vulnerable center of command.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Drona Parva’s intense battle setting, Yudhiṣṭhira names key allies—Kaikeya princes, Ghaṭotkaca, Virāṭa, Drupada, Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭaketu, Kuntibhoja (Purujit), Nakula, Sahadeva, and the Pāñcālas—affirming that they are prepared and will certainly protect him.