Shloka 14
कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies
Devanagari script
सर्वेषामेव तेषां तु समस्तानां महात्मनाम्
Transliteration
sarveṣām eva teṣāṁ tu samastānāṁ mahātmanām
Translation
そしてまことに、かの大いなる魂の人々すべて——一つの身のごとく総じて——物語はさらに続いてゆく。
Word by Word
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
तुbut/and (contrastive)
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
समस्तानाम्of all together/entire
समस्तानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसमस्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (men)
महात्मनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line emphasizes collective nobility—treating the gathered great-souled persons as a unified whole—suggesting that counsel and responsibility in dharmic matters are shared and should be viewed in a comprehensive, not fragmented, way.
Vaiśampāyana continues the narration by referring to the entire assembly of eminent persons together, setting up the next statement about what pertains to them as a group.