Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पाण्डवाश्षापि ते सर्वे कि वक्ष्यन्ति नराधिप

Transliteration

Pāṇḍavāś cāpi te sarve kiṁ vakṣyanti narādhipa?

Translation

Sanjaya said: “And what will all those Pandavas say to you, O king?”

Word by Word

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्यन्ति: will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Narādhipa (the king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability after violence: a ruler must face not only outcomes but also the judgment and response of those harmed—here, the surviving Pāṇḍavas—underscoring the ethical weight of decisions made in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, anticipating the Pāṇḍavas’ response in the wake of the night massacre described in the Sauptika Parva, and presses the king to consider how the victors and survivors will speak and react.