Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सर्वधर्मोपपन्नो5यं स मे शिष्यश्षल पाण्डव:

Transliteration

sarvadharmopapanno 'yaṃ sa me śiṣyaḥ śala pāṇḍavaḥ

Translation

Arjuna said: “This Pāṇḍava is endowed with every form of dharma; he is my disciple, O Śalya.”

Word by Word

• सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः: endowed with all virtues/duties
• सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्मोपपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: a Pandava (son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Śalya
• Pāṇḍava

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral authority in crisis is grounded in dharma and disciplined formation: Arjuna argues that the person’s worth is proven by being “endowed with all dharma” and by the ethical training implied in discipleship.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Drona Parva’s battle context, Arjuna speaks to Śalya and identifies a Pāṇḍava as his disciple, emphasizing the Pāṇḍava’s comprehensive righteousness to justify respect, protection, or rightful treatment amid conflict.