Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 20 - Mahabharata | Spanish | Vedapath

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Shloka 20

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

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्‌ प्राणा:समायत्ता: पाण्डवानां ममैव च । पाण्डोश्व पिण्डो दाशार्ह तथैव श्वशुरस्य मे

Transliteration

asmin prāṇāḥ samāyattāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mamaiva ca | pāṇḍoś ca piṇḍo dāśārha tathaiva śvaśurasya me ||

Translation

«De este niño dependen las vidas mismas de los Pāṇḍava y la mía también. Oh Dāśārha (vástago de los Vṛṣṇi), él es asimismo el único sostén de la continuidad ancestral (piṇḍa) de mi esposo Pāṇḍu y de mi suegro.»

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this (one)

प्राणाःlives, vital breaths

समायत्ताःdependent (upon), resting on

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

ममof me, my

एवindeed, just

चand

पाण्डोःof Pandu

चand

पिण्डःfuneral offering (rice-ball), oblation

दाशार्हO Dasharha (descendant of the Dasharhas)

तथाso, likewise

एवindeed, just

श्वशुरस्यof (my) father-in-law

मेof me, my

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Pāṇḍu

Dāśārha (epithet of Kṛṣṇa/Vṛṣṇi)

Śvaśura (father-in-law; contextually Vicitravīrya in the given line)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as responsibility to preserve life and lineage: a single rightful heir can become the pivot for a family’s survival, social order, and the continuation of ancestral rites (piṇḍa).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker emphasizes that the fate of the Pāṇḍavas and the continuation of Pāṇḍu’s (and the elder line’s) ancestral obligations depend upon a particular child, addressing Kṛṣṇa as Dāśārha to stress urgency and protection.