Shloka 87

Devanagari script

सर्वे चास्य महीपाला योगक्षेममुपासते । पश्येदानीं यथा भद्रे विनष्टा: पाण्डवा: समम्‌

Transliteration

sarve cāsya mahīpālā yogakṣemam upāsate | paśyedānīṁ yathā bhadre vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samam ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Segala raja di sini menumpukan diri menjaga keselamatan dan kesejahteraan baginda. Kini lihatlah, wahai wanita mulia, bagaimana para Pāṇḍava telah dibinasakan bersama-sama.”

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महीपालाः: kings (protectors of the earth)
• महीपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योगक्षेमम्: welfare and security
• योगक्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगक्षेम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपासते: serve / attend upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• पश्य: see!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम्

• यथा: how / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady / O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• विनष्टाः: destroyed / perished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समम्: equally / altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahīpālāḥ (kings)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how political power attracts service and allegiance (“kings attend upon his welfare”), while also warning of the fragility of fortune in war—ruin can come swiftly and collectively, regardless of prior strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to a noble lady (contextually a royal listener) that many rulers are aligned in support of a leading figure’s security, and he urges her to witness the present state of the battle in which the Pāṇḍavas are portrayed as having been brought to destruction together.