Shloka 19

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

धर्मपुत्रं च भीमं च फाल्गुनं नकुलं तथा । सहदेवं च दुर्धर्ष सर्वान्‌ नस्त्रातुमहसि

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

dharmaputraṃ ca bhīmaṃ ca phālgunaṃ nakulaṃ tathā |

sahadevaṃ ca durdharṣa sarvān nas trātum arhasi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh héroe inconquistable, debes protegernos a todos: a Yudhiṣṭhira, hijo del Dharma, a Bhīma, a Phālguna (Arjuna), y también a Nakula y Sahadeva. Eres digno de rescatarnos de este peligro.»

Word by Word

• धर्मपुत्रम्: Yudhiṣṭhira (son of Dharma)
• धर्मपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भीमम्: Bhīma
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• फाल्गुनम्: Phālguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुर्धर्ष: O Durdharṣa (hard-to-assail one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all (of us/them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• त्रातुम्: to protect/to save
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• अर्हसि: you are able/fit (you should)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Arjuna (Phālguna)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames protection as a moral obligation: the addressed hero is ‘worthy’ and therefore duty-bound (arhasi) to rescue others in danger, especially righteous leaders like Dharmaputra. Capability is presented as responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a moment of peril, the speaker appeals to an ‘invincible’ warrior to safeguard all the Pāṇḍava brothers—Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—emphasizing urgent collective rescue.