Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 20 - Mahabharata | Tagalog | Vedapath

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Shloka 20

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्‌ प्राणा:समायत्ता: पाण्डवानां ममैव च । पाण्डोश्व पिण्डो दाशार्ह तथैव श्वशुरस्य मे

Transliteration

asmin prāṇāḥ samāyattāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mamaiva ca | pāṇḍoś ca piṇḍo dāśārha tathaiva śvaśurasya me ||

Translation

“Sa batang ito nakasalalay ang mismong buhay ng mga Pāṇḍava at pati ng akin. O Dāśārha (salinlahi ng mga Vṛṣṇi), siya rin ang tanging sandigan ng pagpapatuloy ng handog sa mga ninuno (piṇḍa) ng aking asawa na si Pāṇḍu at ng aking biyenan.”

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this (one)

प्राणाःlives, vital breaths

समायत्ताःdependent (upon), resting on

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

ममof me, my

एवindeed, just

चand

पाण्डोःof Pandu

चand

पिण्डःfuneral offering (rice-ball), oblation

दाशार्हO Dasharha (descendant of the Dasharhas)

तथाso, likewise

एवindeed, just

श्वशुरस्यof (my) father-in-law

मेof me, my

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Pāṇḍu

Dāśārha (epithet of Kṛṣṇa/Vṛṣṇi)

Śvaśura (father-in-law; contextually Vicitravīrya in the given line)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as responsibility to preserve life and lineage: a single rightful heir can become the pivot for a family’s survival, social order, and the continuation of ancestral rites (piṇḍa).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker emphasizes that the fate of the Pāṇḍavas and the continuation of Pāṇḍu’s (and the elder line’s) ancestral obligations depend upon a particular child, addressing Kṛṣṇa as Dāśārha to stress urgency and protection.