Shloka 48

Devanagari script

इदं संनिहितं तात समग्र पार्थिवं बलम्‌

Transliteration

idaṃ saṃnihitaṃ tāta samagraṃ pārthivaṃ balam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Mein Kind, hier steht in voller Stärke das gesamte königliche Heer versammelt.“

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संनिहितम्: assembled, present, stationed
• संनिहितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-नि-धा (धातु) → संनिहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तात: O dear (son), O child
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (संबोधन-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• समग्रम्: entire, complete
• समग्रम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पार्थिवम्: royal, of kings/earthly
• पार्थिवम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• tāta (addressed listener, traditionally Janamejaya)
• pārthiva-bala (the royal army/host)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of political decisions when power is fully mobilized: once the entire royal force is assembled, the responsibility to choose restraint, diplomacy, or war becomes immense because the potential harm is vast.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana informs his listener that the kings’ forces have gathered completely and are standing ready—signaling that events have reached a decisive stage in the Udyoga Parva’s march toward war.