Shloka 51

Devanagari script

पश्यध्वमुपधानं मे पाण्डवेनाभिसंधितम्‌ । शिश्येडहमस्यां शय्यायां यावदावर्तनं रवे:

Transliteration

paśyadhvam upadhānaṁ me pāṇḍavenābhisaṁdhitam | śiṣye ’ham asyāṁ śayyāyāṁ yāvad āvartanam raveḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Mirad esta almohada que el Pāṇḍava ha puesto bajo mi cabeza. Permaneceré tendido en este lecho hasta que el Sol vuelva su curso, hasta que llegue el tiempo de Uttarāyaṇa».

Word by Word

• पश्यध्वम्: see (you all)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• उपधानम्: pillow, cushion
• उपधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपधान
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• पाण्डवेन: by the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• अभिसंधितम्: placed/arranged, set (in position)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-सम्-धा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, accusative, singular

• शिष्ये: I lie down / I will lie
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी
• Form: लट् (present), 1, singular, आत्मनेपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• अस्याम्: on this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• शय्यायाम्: bed, couch
• शय्यायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• यावत्: until, as long as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• आवर्तनम्: turning back, return
• आवर्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवर्तन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• रवेः: of the sun
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna implied)
• upadhāna (pillow)
• śayyā (bed/couch)
• ravi (the Sun)
• Uttarāyaṇa (implied by the sun’s turning northward)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness to a chosen vow and inner discipline are upheld even amid suffering; at the same time, the episode highlights humane conduct—care and respect can be shown even across enemy lines, aligning valor with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A pillow/head-rest has been arranged by the Pāṇḍava (understood as Arjuna). The speaker declares he will remain lying on that bed until the sun’s ‘turning back,’ i.e., until the auspicious shift to Uttarāyaṇa.