Shloka 62

Devanagari script

सहिता: पाण्डवा: सर्वे कुरवश्च महारथा: । उपगम्य महात्मानं शयानं शयने शुभे

Transliteration

saṃjayā uvāca |

sahitāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve kuravaś ca mahārathāḥ |

upagamya mahātmānaṃ śayānaṃ śayane śubhe, rājan |

Translation

Санджая сказал: Все Пандавы вместе и Кауравы — великие колесничие-ратники — подошли к благородному Бхишме, когда он лежал на своём благом ложе. О царь, они приблизились с почтением, воздавая честь старцу, что был им как отец, и позаботились о его охране даже среди суровых требований войны.

Word by Word

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उपगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शयानम्: lying (reclining)
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शे)
• Form: शानच् (present participle, Ātmanepada), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शयने: on a bed
• शयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शुभे: auspicious, splendid
• शुभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kauravas (Kuravas)
• Bhīṣma
• auspicious bed (śubha-śayana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the midst of war, dharma requires honoring elders and recognizing nobility of character; reverence and protective care can coexist with martial duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that both sides—the Pāṇḍavas and the Kaurava great warriors—go together to Bhīṣma, who is lying on an auspicious bed, and approach him respectfully (the broader passage describes honoring and safeguarding him after his fall).