Shloka 47

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana

Keśava-vākya aftermath

Devanagari script

न हीमे सर्वराजान: पर्याप्ता: सहितास्त्वया

Transliteration

na hīme sarvarājānaḥ paryāptāḥ sahitās tvayā

Translation

నిజమే; ఈ రాజులంతా కలిసివచ్చినా నీ ఎదుట సరిపోరు.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वराजानः: all the kings
• सर्वराजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वराजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्याप्ताः: sufficient/able (to suffice)
• पर्याप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्याप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine (pronoun), Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kings (sarvarājānaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Collective power and alliances do not guarantee success when confronted with a superior force, strategy, or destiny; ethical and political calculations can be overturned by the exceptional strength or resolve of a single pivotal figure.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting, the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a statement emphasizing that even a united assembly of kings is inadequate in comparison to the person being addressed, heightening the sense of impending war and the imbalance of power.