Mahabharata 7.116.9 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 9

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

इसमें सभी लोग कुलीन, श्रेष्ठ, हृष्ट-पुष्ट, उद्ण्डताशून्य, पहलेसे सम्मानित, यशस्वी तथा मनस्वी हैं ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

api caiva janāḥ sarve kulīnāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ hṛṣṭa-puṣṭāḥ anuddaṇḍatā-śūnyāḥ pūrva-saṃmānitā yaśasvinaḥ manasvinaś ca |

sacivaiś cāparair mukhyair bahubhiḥ puṇya-karmabhiḥ |

lokapālopamaiḥ tāta pālitaṃ nara-sattamaiḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “คนทั้งปวงที่นั่นล้วนมีชาติกำเนิดสูงและทรงเกียรติ—ร่าเริงแข็งแรง มิได้ขาดวินัย ได้รับการยกย่องมาแต่ก่อน มีชื่อเสียงและจิตใจสูงส่ง และท่านผู้เจริญ กองทัพนี้ได้รับการอุปถัมภ์และบริหารอยู่เสมอโดยเหล่าเสนาบดีและหัวหน้าข้าราชการอีกมาก—ผู้ประกอบกุศลกรรม กล้าหาญดุจผู้พิทักษ์โลก และเป็นยอดแห่งมนุษย์”

Word by Word

• सचिवैः: by ministers
• सचिवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• अपरैः: by other (ones)
• अपरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मुख्यैः: by chief/leading (men)
• मुख्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पुण्यकर्मभिः: by men of meritorious deeds
• पुण्यकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• लोकपालोपमैः: by those comparable to the guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालोपमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकपालोपम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तात: O dear one / O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पालितम्: protected/maintained
• Type: Verb
• Root: पालित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

• नरसत्तमैः: by the best of men
• नरसत्तमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Lokapālas (world-guardians)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical ideal of governance in wartime: an army (and by extension a polity) should be sustained by disciplined, reputable, and meritorious leaders—ministers and chiefs whose conduct and courage uphold order and honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the quality and organization of the forces: the men are noble and renowned, and the host is effectively maintained by capable ministers and leading officers, likened in power to the Lokapālas.