Shloka 131

Chapter 19: Prativyūha of the Pāṇḍavas — Vajra (Acala) Formation and Dawn Omens

Devanagari script

त॑ सर्वे संश्रयिष्याम: प्राकारमकुतो भया: । भीम प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठ देवराजमिवामरा:

Transliteration

taṁ sarve saṁśrayiṣyāmaḥ prākāram akuto-bhayāḥ | bhīma praharatāṁ śreṣṭha devarājam ivāmarāḥ ||

Translation

ہم سب بےخوف ہو کر اسی فصیل (پراکار) کی پناہ لیں گے۔ اے بھیم! ضرب لگانے والوں میں برتر! جیسے امر دیوتا دیوراج اندر کی پناہ لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• संश्रयिष्यामः: we shall take refuge / resort
• संश्रयिष्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-श्रि
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्राकारम्: the rampart / fortification
• प्राकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकुतोभयाः: fearless (having fear from nowhere)
• अकुतोभयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीम: O Bhima
• भीम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रहरताम्: of those who strike / of fighters
• प्रहरताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठ: O best
• श्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवराजम्: the king of the gods (Indra)
• देवराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अमराः: the immortals (gods)
• अमराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Indra (Devarāja)
• Amarāḥ (the gods)
• Prākāra (rampart/fortification)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights collective courage grounded in reliable protection and exemplary leadership: when a community unites around a strong defense and a foremost champion, fear diminishes and resolve strengthens—mirroring how the gods gather around Indra in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a war-situation in which the group intends to take shelter behind a fortification (prākāra) and remain fearless, while addressing Bhīma as the foremost striker, comparing their rallying to the gods’ support of Indra.