Mahabharata 9.63.533 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 63, Shloka 533

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

शिवेन पाण्डवान्‌ पाहि नमस्ते भरतर्षभ । “भरतश्रेष्ठ) इन सब बातों तथा अपने अपराधोंका चिन्तन करके आप पाण्डवोंके प्रति कल्याण-भावना रखते हुए उनकी रक्षा करें। आपको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

śivena pāṇḍavān pāhi namaste bharatarṣabha |

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ เมื่อใคร่ครวญเรื่องทั้งปวงนี้และความผิดของตนแล้ว จงมีจิตมุ่งสู่ความเกื้อกูลต่อปาณฑพ และคุ้มครองพวกเขาเถิด ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน”

Word by Word

• शिवेन: with auspiciousness / by auspicious (means)
• शिवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाहि: protect (you protect)
• पाहि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, ethical self-review and acknowledgement of one’s faults should lead to benevolence: the ideal ruler/warrior turns from hostility to the protection and welfare of others, especially after recognizing wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, an appeal is voiced to a Bharata hero addressed as ‘bharatarṣabha’ to adopt a welfare-minded attitude toward the Pāṇḍavas and to protect them, explicitly grounding the request in reflection on prior events and personal offenses.