Shloka 131

Devanagari script

त॑ सर्वे संश्रयिष्याम: प्राकारमकुतो भया: । भीम प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठ देवराजमिवामरा:

Transliteration

taṁ sarve saṁśrayiṣyāmaḥ prākāram akuto-bhayāḥ | bhīma praharatāṁ śreṣṭha devarājam ivāmarāḥ ||

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «យើងទាំងអស់គ្នានឹងទៅសុំជ្រកក្រោមកំពែងនោះ ដោយមិនភ័យខ្លាចពីទិសណាមួយឡើយ។ ឱ ភីមៈ អ្នកវាយប្រហារល្អឥតខ្ចោះ ដូចពួកអមរៈជ្រកជុំវិញឥន្ទ្រៈ ព្រះរាជានៃទេវតា។»

Word by Word

तेthey

सर्वेall

संश्रयिष्यामःwe shall take refuge / resort

प्राकारम्the rampart / fortification

अकुतोभयाःfearless (having fear from nowhere)

भीमO Bhima

प्रहरताम्of those who strike / of fighters

श्रेष्ठO best

देवराजम्the king of the gods (Indra)

इवlike, as

अमराःthe immortals (gods)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma

Indra (Devarāja)

Amarāḥ (the gods)

Prākāra (rampart/fortification)

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 highlights collective courage grounded in reliable protection and exemplary leadership: when a community unites around a strong defense and a foremost champion, fear diminishes and resolve strengthens—mirroring how the gods gather around Indra in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a war-situation in which the group intends to take shelter behind a fortification (prākāra) and remain fearless, while addressing Bhīma as the foremost striker, comparing their rallying to the gods’ support of Indra.