Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ राजा सत्यधृतिर्युधिष्ठिर: समास्थितो भीमसेनार्जुनौ च । वासुदेव: सात्यकि: सूंजयाश्च मनन्‍्ये बल॑ तदजय्यं महीपै:

Transliteration

yasmin rājā satyadhṛtir yudhiṣṭhiraḥ samāsthito bhīmasenārjunau ca | vāsudevaḥ sātyakiḥ sañjayāś ca manye balaṁ tad ajayyaṁ mahīpaiḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ກອງທັບທີ່ມີພຣະຣາຊາຢຸທິສຖິຣະ—ຜູ້ຍຶດຫມັ້ນໃນຄວາມຈິງ—ຢືນຢູ່ຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍພີມະເສນະ ແລະອາຣຊຸນ, ມີວາສຸເທວ (ກຣິດສະນະ), ສາຕະຍະກິ, ແລະບຸດຂອງສັນຊະຍະຮ່ວມດ້ວຍ—ຂ້ອຍເຫັນວ່າເປັນກຳລັງທີ່ກະສັດໃນໂລກບໍ່ອາດພິຊິດໄດ້».

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यधृतिः: Satyadhṛti (the steadfast-in-truth one)
• सत्यधृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: सत्यधृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समास्थितः: is stationed/has taken position
• समास्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (स्थाः)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुञ्जयाः: the Sūñjayas (Sṛñjayas)
• सुञ्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name/tribal name)
• Root: सुञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• मन्ये: I think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada (Ātmanepada usage also attested; here taken as parasmaipada form in epic usage)

• बलम्: army/force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अजय्यम्: unconquerable
• अजय्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजय्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महीपैः: by kings
• महीपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Arjuna
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• Sañjayāḥ (sons/descendants of Sañjaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts that an army grounded in truth (satya) and steadfast resolve, led by a dharmic king and supported by exceptional warriors and divine counsel, possesses a moral and strategic strength that mere worldly kingship cannot easily defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield situation, identifies the Pāṇḍava side—where Yudhiṣṭhira stands firm with Bhīma, Arjuna, Kṛṣṇa, Sātyaki, and allied fighters—and declares that force to be effectively unconquerable by other rulers.