Shloka 19

Devanagari script

साहाय्येडस्मि स्थित: पार्थ पातयिष्यामि राक्षसम्‌ | नकुलः सहदेवश्ल मातरं गोपयिष्यत:,“कुन्तीनन्दन! अब मैं तुम्हारी सहायताके लिये उपस्थित हूँ। इस राक्षसको अवश्य मार गिराऊँगा। नकुल और सहदेव माताजीकी रक्षा करेंगे”

Transliteration

sāhāyyed asmi sthitaḥ pārtha pātayiṣyāmi rākṣasam | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca mātaraṃ gopayiṣyataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Pārtha, I stand here to aid you. I shall strike down this rākṣasa. Nakula and Sahadeva will keep Mother safe.”

Word by Word

साहाय्येfor (the purpose of) help / in assistance

अस्मिI am

स्थितःstanding / present

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

पातयिष्यामिI will cause to fall / I will strike down

राक्षसम्the rakshasa (demon)

नकुलःNakula

सहदेवःSahadeva

मातरम्the mother

गोपयिष्यतःthe two will protect

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Rākṣasa

Nakula

Sahadeva

Kuntī (Mother)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is fulfilled through rightly ordered responsibilities: safeguarding dependents (Kuntī) and confronting danger (the rākṣasa) are both duties, and ethical force is justified here as protective action rather than aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker declares readiness to assist Pārtha (Arjuna) in killing a threatening rākṣasa, while assigning Nakula and Sahadeva the task of guarding their mother Kuntī, indicating a coordinated response to imminent peril.