Shloka 20

Tilottamā, Sunda–Upasunda, and the Pāṇḍava Samaya (Ādi Parva 204)

Devanagari script

येषां पक्षधरो रामो येषां मन्त्री जनार्दन: । कि नु तैरजितं संख्ये येषां पक्षे च सात्यकि:,बलरामजी जिनके पक्षपाती हैं, भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण जिनके सलाहकार हैं तथा जिनके पक्षमें सात्यकि-जैसा वीर है, वे पाण्डव युद्धमें किसे नहीं परास्त कर देंगे?

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ pakṣadharo rāmo yeṣāṃ mantrī janārdanaḥ | ki nu tair ajitaṃ saṅkhye yeṣāṃ pakṣe ca sātyakiḥ ||

Translation

Vidura says: When Balarāma stands as their supporter, when Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) serves as their counsellor, and when a hero like Sātyaki fights on their side—whom could those men fail to defeat in battle?

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom/whose

पक्षधरःsupporter/partisan

रामःRama (Balarama)

येषाम्of whom/whose

मन्त्रीcounsellor/minister

जनार्दनःJanardana (Krishna)

किम्what

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

तैःby them/with them

अजितम्unconquered; not conquered

सङ्ख्येin battle

येषाम्of whom/whose

पक्षेon the side/in the party

चand

सात्यकिःSatyaki

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Balarama

Janardana (Krishna)

Satyaki

Pandavas (implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes